Choiseul is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Choiseul had 80 residents in 38 households at the 2023 census. Across Choiseul, half of households are headed by a retired person. Empty homes: 9.3%, above nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Marne 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 Choiseul
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Choiseul, 17% of its 51 homes: higher than in 92% 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
Choiseul had 92 residents at the 2012 census and 80 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Choiseul’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Long tenure is the mark of 28% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.1% (under two years).
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Choiseul changed by −13% since 2012
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −9% in Haute-Marne. Here the change came as −15% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Choiseul ranks above 84% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Choiseul 52. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9.8% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Choiseul: 38% of households are one person living alone, above 60% 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 Haute-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. Typically, 35% 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. At 25%, the share of couples with children is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 25% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Choiseul. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Choiseul: 8.5% of residents are foreign nationals, above 76% 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.
That is higher than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Marne has 7.8%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 7.3% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Choiseul sits above 91% of compared French towns for single residents (34%)
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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Choiseul. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 15% in Choiseul, less than in 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Choiseul, 31%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 80 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Choiseul is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choiseul | 52 | 29% | 17% | 7.3% |
| Nogent 3,550 · 10.4 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Langres 7,421 · 17.4 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 3.4% | 13% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 17.4 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
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 Choiseul
What is the population of Choiseul?
80 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (92).
How old are Choiseul’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Choiseul?
9, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Choiseul?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (8.5%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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