Half of Châtenois is over 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns
Flats make up 1.5%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. There were 57 households in Châtenois at the 2023 Census, home to 116 residents. Census figures put households without a car at 1.8% locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Saône 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 Châtenois
An older town
Half of Châtenois’ residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Châtenois changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 82% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Haute-Saône town −5%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 3.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Châtenois 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 35%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Châtenois ranks above 98% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 17%
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-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Châtenois, 33%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 4.6% 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
Turnover: 5.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, a higher share than in 74% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €25,870 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,870 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Châtenois: 50% of households are headed by a retired person, above 97% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Châtenois 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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 17% in Châtenois, less than in 99% 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
Married residents: 53%, above 98% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 68% 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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 62% of compared French towns: 27%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 116 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.
No nearby town is as old as Châtenois
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtenois | 54.8 | 35% | 4.6% | 0% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 8.2 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Lure 7,877 · 8.7 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 9.7 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 9.7 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 12.5 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 14.1 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
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 Châtenois
What is the population of Châtenois?
116 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (120).
How old are Châtenois’ residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Châtenois?
3, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Châtenois?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 Châtenois?
€25,870 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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