Half of La Chapelle-Hareng is under 36.8, younger than 92% of compared French towns
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. La Chapelle-Hareng counted 119 residents and 42 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a retired person. Single-parent households make up 50%, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 La Chapelle-Hareng
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Chapelle-Hareng, 24% of its 60 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Growing fast
La Chapelle-Hareng had 86 residents at the 2012 census and 119 in 2023, up 38%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of La Chapelle-Hareng’s residents are under 36.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are under 15 and 20% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes make up about one in 15 here (6.8%).
A growing town: +38% since 2012, 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Eure town −1%. The first five years brought +16%; the six to 2023, +19%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Chapelle-Hareng 36.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
La Chapelle-Hareng sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (13%)
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.9 people. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: 25% of households are couples with children.
€27,470 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,470 a year: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 38% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In La Chapelle-Hareng, 0.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 55%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; La Chapelle-Hareng has 18%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 26% in La Chapelle-Hareng, less than in 66% of compared French towns
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
Roughly two in ten: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 119 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 La Chapelle-Hareng (36.8), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
La Chapelle-Hareng is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Hareng | 36.8 | 20% | 24% | 0.9% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 7.8 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 8.9 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 12.4 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 14.1 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
| Brionne 4,185 · 14.4 mi | 45.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Beaumont-le-Roger 2,769 · 15.9 mi | 48 | 26% | 5% | 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 La Chapelle-Hareng
What is the population of La Chapelle-Hareng?
119 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 38% more than in 2012 (86).
How old are La Chapelle-Hareng’s residents?
The median age is 36.8, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 34% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Chapelle-Hareng?
14, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Chapelle-Hareng?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Chapelle-Hareng?
€27,470 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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