A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 6%
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are one person living alone here. Chevroz’s 63 households held 143 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 7.5% of homes are flats. 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 75% 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 Chevroz
Growing fast
Chevroz had 104 residents at the 2012 census and 143 in 2023, up 38%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chevroz grew +38% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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 first five years brought +26%; the six to 2023, +9%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
A median age of 47.6: Chevroz is older than 73% 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
■ Chevroz 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly two in ten: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 61% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 6.8% of households have no car
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
At 3%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Empty homes account for 9.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €33,520 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €33,520 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
In Chevroz, 27% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 76% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, below 97% of compared French towns
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.
Here 5.3% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
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 64% in Chevroz, more than in 99% 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
Single residents: 17%, below 99% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Graduates of higher education: 32%, above 57% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Chevroz are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevroz | 47.6 | 22% | 3% | 5.3% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 2.8 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 3.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 4 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Thise 2,994 · 4.9 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 6.1 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saône 3,195 · 9.3 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 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 Chevroz
What is the population of Chevroz?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 38% more than in 2012 (104).
How old are Chevroz’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chevroz?
2, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chevroz?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chevroz?
€33,520 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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