44.4median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

1.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% of compared French towns

Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are one person living alone here. The 2023 Census counted 763 residents in 330 households. For Échenon, the census puts households without a car at 6.6%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 6.9% here, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns.

+3%residents since 2012 19%aged 65 or older 2.6%immigrants 330households

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.

Population

Since 2012, Échenon has changed by +3%, slower than 58% 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.

Census 2012

742

residents

Census 2017

775

residents

Census 2023

763

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Échenon+3%

Côte-d'Or median−2%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Échenon−2%

Côte-d'Or median−1%

France median+2%

The median Côte-d'Or town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six −2%.

Ages

Below 85% of compared French towns: 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

ÉchenonCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Under 1519%

15 to 248.8%

25 to 4423%

45 to 6430%

65 and over19%

of whom 80 and over2.7%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Échenon 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.

Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Meanwhile, the median age in Échenon is 44.4, higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Échenon

Côte-d'Or median

France median

WomenMen

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Households

A larger share of couples with children than 83% of compared French towns: 32%

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.

One person 27%Couple, no children 31%Couple with children 32%Single parent 7.8%Several people, not a family 1.6%

Against the Côte-d'Or median and the France median

Échenon

Côte-d'Or median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

ÉchenonCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

One-person households27%

Residents 65+ living alone24%

0%25%50%

There are 2.3 people in the average household. 7.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.

Homes & cars

A lower share of flats than 92% of compared French towns, at 7.1%

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

ÉchenonCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Main residences91%

Second homes1.4%

Empty8.1%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Échenon

Côte-d'Or median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

ÉchenonCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

No car6.6%

One car39%

Two or more55%

0%35%70%

In the last two years, 7.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 22% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 8.1%, more than in 65% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 1.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.

Income

The median resident lives on €24,780 a year per consumption unit

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.

Median standard of living

€24,780

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Côte-d'Or €25,550 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,780 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 39%

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

ÉchenonCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Retired29%

Managers and professionals1.5%

Intermediate occupations11%

Clerical and service workers9.4%

Manual workers39%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners6.2%

Farmers1.6%

Others not working3.2%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

7.5%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

340

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

The share of households headed by a retired person is 29%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

2.6% of residents are immigrants, below 85% of compared French towns

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

2.6% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

1.4% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

ÉchenonCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Immigrants2.6%

Foreign nationals1.4%

0%5%10%

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 share of foreign nationals trails 87% of compared French towns: 1.4%. The median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

Échenon sits above 90% of compared French towns for married residents (50%)

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

ÉchenonCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Married50%

In a civil partnership (PACS)9%

Living together, unmarried11%

Single21%

Divorced3.7%

Widowed5.9%

0%30%60%

Here just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.

Qualifications

A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 15%

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

ÉchenonCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)29%

Brevet4.1%

CAP or BEP (vocational)34%

Baccalauréat18%

Bac+28.1%

Bac+3 or bac+43.2%

Bac+5 or more3.4%

0%20%40%

Adults with no qualification: 29%, above 89% of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 763 to 2,582

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.

Échenon 44.4

VillejustPrayssacLa Croix-en-Touraine

365064

The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).

Neighbors

Of the 6 towns nearest Échenon, 4 are older

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

DamparisAuxonneTavauxGenlisDoleNeuilly-CrimoloisÉchenon

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Échenon	44.4	19%	1.4%	2.6%
Damparis 2,587 · 7 mi	46.5	23%	0.8%	3.7%
Auxonne 7,581 · 7.8 mi	43.3	24%	1.7%	6%
Tavaux 3,888 · 8 mi	47.8	25%	0.8%	4.4%
Genlis 5,093 · 9 mi	44.9	22%	1.1%	3.7%
Dole 23,840 · 10 mi	47.1	27%	2%	13%
Neuilly-Crimolois 3,588 · 13.6 mi	37.2	18%	0.4%	7.7%

More about Échenon

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How to read these numbers

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 Échenon

What is the population of Échenon?

763 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (742).

How old are Échenon’s residents?

The median age is 44.4, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Échenon?

5, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Échenon?

INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Échenon?

€24,780 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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