Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.8%, a lower share than 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Chamesol has 13%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Chamesol was home to 383 people in 170 households. One in ten homes stand empty.
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 Chamesol
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chamesol had 406 residents at the 2012 census and 383 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Chamesol behind 90% 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 Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six +1%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20% in Chamesol, less than in 65% 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
■ Chamesol 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Chamesol is 44.7, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 81% of compared French towns: 31% 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
Households average 2.2 people. Lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 32% of households are one person living alone. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 9% of households are single parents in Chamesol.
Above 81% of compared French towns: 6.4% of homes are second homes
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
Of all households, 8.2% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €27,880 a year in standard of living
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 Chamesol’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,880 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
In Chamesol, 43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 90% 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
On households headed by a manual worker, Chamesol sits higher than 58% of compared French towns: 15%. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 9.1%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 86% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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 make up 2.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Married residents make up 52% in Chamesol, more than in 96% 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
Nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Chamesol, 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 90% 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
On adults with no qualification, Chamesol sits higher than 51% of compared French towns: 19%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 383 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Chamesol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamesol | 44.7 | 20% | 6.4% | 2.6% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 4 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 6.7 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 6.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 6.9 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 7.9 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 8.1 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
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 Chamesol
What is the population of Chamesol?
383 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (406).
How old are Chamesol’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chamesol?
13, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chamesol?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chamesol?
€27,880 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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