Échalot is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 57
Here 2.4% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. At the 2023 Census Échalot was home to 93 people in 53 households. Households without a car account for 6.3%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% 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 Échalot
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Échalot, 26% of its 86 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Échalot’s residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Échalot had 106 residents at the 2012 census and 93 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
56% of Échalot’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 26%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
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
One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes come to 12% in Échalot, about one in ten. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A change of −12% since 2012 leaves Échalot behind 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −10%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Échalot 57. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of Échalot’s residents are 65 or older, against 24% in the median Côte-d'Or town and 22% in the median compared French town; 13% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns, at 56%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are couples with children in Échalot. Households here average 1.8 people each. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
Households headed by a manual worker: 22%, a higher share than 91% of compared French towns
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 benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. Locally, 33% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 88% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Échalot sits above 62% of compared French towns for single residents (27%)
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 57% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 93 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Échalot and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échalot | 57 | 31% | 26% | 2.4% |
| Is-sur-Tille 4,302 · 14.3 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
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 Échalot
What is the population of Échalot?
93 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (106).
How old are Échalot’s residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Échalot?
23, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Échalot?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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