Below 99% of compared French towns: 9.1% of households are one person living alone
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Chamesey has 3.6%. At the 2023 Census, 143 people lived in the town, in 57 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 18%. Second homes are more common here than in 81% 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.
What stands out about the people of Chamesey
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Chamesey had 120 residents at the 2012 census and 143 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +19% since 2012 puts Chamesey ahead of 89% 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
Here the change came as +13% to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 68% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chamesey 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Chamesey, 10%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 45.8, higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 36% of households are couples with children
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 2.5 people on average. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 91% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
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 benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%. In Chamesey, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,520 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.
Half of Chamesey’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,520 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chamesey ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.4%
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 share of foreign nationals is 0.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
Chamesey ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 52% in Chamesey. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Chamesey sits below 92% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (11%)
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 143 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Chamesey sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamesey | 45.8 | 19% | 6.2% | 1.4% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 6.5 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 7.5 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 8.4 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 11.3 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 11.9 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Villers-le-Lac 5,292 · 12 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 6.2% | 16% |
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 Chamesey
What is the population of Chamesey?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (120).
How old are Chamesey’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chamesey?
4, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chamesey?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chamesey?
€26,520 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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