A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
With one-person households at 27%, Chivres is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count. 273 residents in 120 households: that is Chivres at the 2023 Census. Second homes account for 9.2%. The median age locally is 47.4, higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Chivres
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chivres changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 68% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −2% for the median Côte-d'Or town, the change came in two steps: +10% from 2012 to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
25% of residents are 65 or over, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chivres 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Chivres. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Chivres: 34% of households are couples with children, above 91% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. On single-parent households, Chivres sits lower than 71% of compared French towns: 8.7%. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 75% of compared French towns: 6.8%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 33%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. At 6.4%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
€25,970 a year is the median standard of living here
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Chivres is €25,970 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Above 65% of compared French towns: 35% of households are headed by a retired person
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Chivres.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Chivres sits below 92% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
On the census count, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Chivres, less than in 89% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Adults with no qualification: 29%, above 90% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 273 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Chivres sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chivres | 47.4 | 25% | 9.2% | 2.2% |
| Gergy 2,566 · 10.2 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.7% | 3.1% |
| Beaune 20,352 · 12.4 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 13.2 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Tavaux 3,888 · 15.7 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 4.4% |
| Champforgeuil 2,637 · 16.4 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Damparis 2,587 · 16.5 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 0.8% | 3.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Chivres
What is the population of Chivres?
273 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (272).
How old are Chivres’ residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chivres?
13, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chivres?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chivres?
€25,970 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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