Half of Chérigné is over 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Chérigné has 46%. In Chérigné, 1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 134, in 67 households.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Chérigné
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chérigné, 10% of its 81 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chérigné had 152 residents at the 2012 census and 134 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Chérigné’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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
6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 31% have stayed 30 years or more. Chérigné has more second homes than 88% of compared French towns, at 10%. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 7.8% of homes stand empty locally.
Chérigné changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Deux-Sèvres town +1%. The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, a higher share than 84% 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
■ Chérigné 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, below 73% 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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children here.
A typical living standard of €23,640 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.
At €23,640 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 62% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Chérigné, 15%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 61% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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 account for 4.4%. As a reference point, 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Married residents make up 50%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Chérigné ranks above 66% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 22%
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 Chérigné, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 134 to 2,582 people
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).
No nearby town is as old as Chérigné
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chérigné | 53.9 | 30% | 10% | 5.2% |
| Melle 5,752 · 6.8 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
| Celles-sur-Belle 3,829 · 8.9 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Aigondigné 4,710 · 12.4 mi | 43.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Vouillé 3,566 · 16.1 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.9% | 2.4% |
| Aiffres 5,419 · 16.6 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.4% |
| La Crèche 5,662 · 17.7 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
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 Chérigné
What is the population of Chérigné?
134 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (152).
How old are Chérigné’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chérigné?
8, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chérigné?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chérigné?
€23,640 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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