A larger share of second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 52%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 120 households in Chapelle-des-Bois at the 2023 Census, home to 268 residents. Empty homes: 0.4% of the total. In Chapelle-des-Bois, 3.9% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town.
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 Chapelle-des-Bois
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chapelle-des-Bois, 52% of its 260 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 34% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 13% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 79% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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 14% (under two years). As a yardstick, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 48%, the share of flats is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Chapelle-des-Bois behind 57% 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
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chapelle-des-Bois 41.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.6, Chapelle-des-Bois is younger than 68% of compared French towns. Roughly two in ten: 20% of residents are 65 or over. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 42% in Chapelle-des-Bois, more than in 75% 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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 25%.
€29,100 a year: the median 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.
At €29,100 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Chapelle-des-Bois sits above 87% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (20%)
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Chapelle-des-Bois has 6.9%. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Locally, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 2.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Chapelle-des-Bois, less than in 91% 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
The share of married residents is 39%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Chapelle-des-Bois ranks below 93% of compared French towns on 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
Here 48% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (268 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Around Chapelle-des-Bois, 1 of 4 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapelle-des-Bois | 41.6 | 20% | 52% | 2.4% |
| Hauts de Bienne 5,032 · 7.2 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 6.8% | 20% |
| Les Rousses 3,740 · 8.3 mi | 38.8 | 14% | 48% | 7.6% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 14.1 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
| Divonne-les-Bains 10,464 · 16.8 mi | 41 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
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 Chapelle-des-Bois
What is the population of Chapelle-des-Bois?
268 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (260).
How old are Chapelle-des-Bois’ residents?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chapelle-des-Bois?
140, with occasional dwellings: 52% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chapelle-des-Bois?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chapelle-des-Bois?
€29,100 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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