Échevis ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 8.2%
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 4% in Échevis. The town’s 24 households held 58 residents at the 2023 Census. In Échevis, a fifth of households are couples with children. At 16%, the share of flats is lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Échevis
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Échevis, 19% of its 35 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 4 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 19% 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
Empty homes: 12% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 51% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +12% change since 2012: faster than 74% 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 Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six +14%.
3.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Échevis 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Échevis’s residents are under 39.3, younger than in 83% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
40% of households are one person living alone, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.4 people share a household. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: intermediate occupations (40%)
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 retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.6% of residents in Échevis 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.
About one in 20: that is how common foreign nationals are in Échevis (4.9%). That is higher than in half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 72% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents 15 and over are single in Échevis. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 8.7% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Échevis, 39%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 58 to 2,582
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).
No nearby town is as young as Échevis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échevis | 39.3 | 8.2% | 19% | 6.6% |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans 2,874 · 4.6 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 6.5% | 6% |
| Villard-de-Lans 4,328 · 8.8 mi | 51 | 28% | 64% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 9 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 9.3 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 2,936 · 11.4 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 53% | 2.6% |
| Lans-en-Vercors 2,751 · 11.8 mi | 46.7 | 20% | 37% | 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 Échevis
What is the population of Échevis?
58 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (52).
How old are Échevis’ residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 8.2% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Échevis?
7, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Échevis?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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