Créhen is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.6
The share of flats trails 98% of compared French towns: 3.5%. Households in social housing: 3.4% of the total. Few places have so few couples with children: 20% here, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Créhen was home to 1,671 people in 690 households.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Créhen
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Créhen, 17% of its 920 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Créhen’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Créhen sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (17%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Créhen has fewer households without a car than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.7%. Empty homes make up 7.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 79% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then +2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Côtes-d'Armor town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 34% in Créhen, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Créhen 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Créhen comes in at 8.3%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns: 14%
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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Fewer one-person households than in 67% of compared French towns: 32%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,150 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.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Living standards centre on €25,150 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Créhen. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. On the census count, 14% 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).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
1.1% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
29% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 73% of compared French towns
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 63% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification here. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,671 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Créhen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Créhen | 54.6 | 34% | 17% | 1.8% |
| Plancoët 3,104 · 1.9 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 6.8% | 2.3% |
| Beaussais-sur-Mer 4,498 · 3.5 mi | 47.5 | 29% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Val-d'Arguenon 2,844 · 3.9 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 10% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Cast-le-Guildo 3,371 · 5.4 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 66% | 2.8% |
| Pleslin-Trigavou 4,065 · 6.4 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 8.5% | 2% |
| Pleurtuit 7,167 · 7.1 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 9.8% | 2.1% |
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 Créhen
What is the population of Créhen?
1,671 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,711).
How old are Créhen’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Créhen?
160, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Créhen?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Créhen?
€25,150 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).
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