More couples with children than 95% of compared French towns: 36%
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 3.6% of households have no car. Census day 2023: 132 residents and 55 households in Échannay. Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Échannay has 4.5%.
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 Échannay
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Échannay, 15% of its 80 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 18% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
51% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 14% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 97% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put flats at 5% in Échannay. 15% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%.
Faster growth than 70% of compared French towns: Échannay changed by +10% since 2012
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +7%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Échannay is older than 57% of compared French towns: a median age of 45
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Échannay 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Échannay sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (18%)
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 average 2.4 people. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Échannay, 18%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,880 a year
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,880 a year: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 18%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, below 75% 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 54% of compared French towns. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Census figures put immigrants at 6.1% in Échannay.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Échannay sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (16%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Échannay has 45%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Échannay: 51% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Échannay, 12%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 132 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Échannay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échannay | 45 | 22% | 15% | 6.1% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 15.1 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 15.2 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 15.6 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Talant 11,896 · 15.8 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 16.2 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 17 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
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 Échannay
What is the population of Échannay?
132 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (120).
How old are Échannay’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Échannay?
12, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Échannay?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Échannay?
€27,880 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.