Only 3.5% of households have no car in Chevannes
The share of one-person households is 26%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Chevannes’s population at 1,550, in 630 households. Residents aged 65 and over: 14% of the total. At 23%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Essonne 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 Chevannes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chevannes had 1,731 residents at the 2012 census and 1,550 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−10% since 2012, a pace below 97% 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 −6% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
A median age of 42.1: Chevannes is younger than 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
■ Chevannes 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Chevannes.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 33%, a higher share than 87% 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 Essonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are single parents here. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
0.6% of homes are second homes, below 94% of compared French towns
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
10% of households arrived within the last two years, while 16% have stayed 30 years or more. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many households in social housing: 19% here, more than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Chevannes has 8.3%.
Standard of living at the median: €31,620 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,620 a year: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 17%, a higher share than 82% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 53% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 62% 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.
The median compared commune in Essonne has 13%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The census found that 5.7% of residents are immigrants in Chevannes.
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 46% in Chevannes, more than in 74% 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
27% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Chevannes ranks below 94% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 85% of compared French towns: 43%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 9th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,550 to 2,582 people
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Chevannes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevannes | 42.1 | 14% | 0.6% | 5.7% |
| Champcueil 2,854 · 1.5 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 4.9% | 11% |
| Mennecy 16,433 · 2.1 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 1.2% | 12% |
| Ormoy 3,225 · 2.9 mi | 32.2 | 7.8% | 0.8% | 17% |
| Ballancourt-sur-Essonne 8,191 · 3 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 0.9% | 14% |
| Le Coudray-Montceaux 4,801 · 3 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Vert-le-Petit 2,714 · 3.8 mi | 38.7 | 12% | 1% | 6.9% |
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 Chevannes
What is the population of Chevannes?
1,550 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,731).
How old are Chevannes’ residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chevannes?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chevannes?
INSEE counts 89 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chevannes?
€31,620 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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