19% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 20% in Chassant and 14% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 299 residents in 150 households. For Chassant, the census puts flats at 5.1%. 16% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Chassant
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chassant, 19% of its 200 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chassant had 325 residents at the 2012 census and 299 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Chassant’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chassant ranks below 65% of compared French towns on households without a car: 8.2%
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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. On the census count, 10% of households rent social housing (HLM).
A change of −8% since 2012 leaves Chassant behind 95% 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 +1% to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
7.1% of residents are 15 to 24, below 97% 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
■ Chassant 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 31% of residents are 65 or over here. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Chassant is 51.7, higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, below 78% 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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2 people in the average household. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Chassant has more one-person households than just over three fifths of compared French towns, at 38%.
At the median, €24,230 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €24,230 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
In Chassant, 48% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 95% 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
Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. 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).
Only 0.3% of residents are immigrants in Chassant
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Chassant, 0.3%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Chassant sits below 80% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married in Chassant. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 Chassant, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (299 to 2,582 people), the 9th oldest
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 Chassant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chassant | 51.7 | 31% | 19% | 0.3% |
| Brou 3,230 · 7.4 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 4.5% | 1.8% |
| Illiers-Combray 3,210 · 8.1 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5% | 2.6% |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 9,292 · 11.6 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 4.6% | 8.4% |
| La Loupe 3,191 · 12.4 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Courville-sur-Eure 2,791 · 13.5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Vald'Yerre 3,609 · 13.8 mi | 49 | 29% | 17% | 3.8% |
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 Chassant
What is the population of Chassant?
299 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (325).
How old are Chassant’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chassant?
37, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chassant?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% 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 Chassant?
€24,230 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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