Single-parent households make up 5.1% in Chalezeule, less than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (14%), Chalezeule is above 92% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Chalezeule was home to 1,335 people in 600 households. About one in 27: that is how common households in social housing are in Chalezeule (3.7%). Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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.
A +9% change since 2012: faster than 65% 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 change was +5% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
17% of residents are 65 or over, below 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
■ Chalezeule 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Chalezeule is 41.2, lower than in 71% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 63% of compared French towns, at 38%
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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 26% here, more than in just over half of compared French towns.
6.9% of households have no car, below 74% 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 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Here, 40% of homes are flats. More empty homes than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 8.1%.
A median standard of living of €27,060 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 €27,060 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns, at 6%
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 tops 71% of compared French towns: 13%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.8% of residents in Chalezeule are immigrants
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.
Across Chalezeule, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. That is higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 71% of compared French towns: 28%
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: 46%, above 71% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 41% in Chalezeule, more than in 82% 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
With adults with no qualification at 14%, Chalezeule is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,335 to 2,582 people: this is the 6th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Chalezeule
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalezeule | 41.2 | 17% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Thise 2,994 · 1.8 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 2.7 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saône 3,195 · 3.3 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 4 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 4.8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 6 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
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 Chalezeule
What is the population of Chalezeule?
1,335 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,229).
How old are Chalezeule’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chalezeule?
19, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chalezeule?
INSEE counts 90 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chalezeule?
€27,060 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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