Above 98% of compared French towns: 53% of households are headed by a retired person
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 4.7% of households have no car. Chaumercenne had 194 residents in 86 households at the 2023 census. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; here, 13%.
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 Chaumercenne
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chaumercenne, 11% of its 110 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 75% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Chaumercenne had 150 residents at the 2012 census and 194 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chaumercenne sits above 89% of compared French towns for second homes (11%)
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
Empty homes: 8.3% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +29% since 2012, faster than 96% 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
Over those years, the median Haute-Saône town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +25%, then +4% to 2023.
8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 89% 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
■ Chaumercenne 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.2, Chaumercenne is younger than 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Chaumercenne, 5.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 96% 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-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for couples with children is 24% in Chaumercenne and 25% in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, more than in 51% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
A median of €24,870 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,870 a year: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 94% 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
5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 61% of compared French towns: 5.2% of residents 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (3.1%), Chaumercenne is below 63% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Chaumercenne. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 Chaumercenne, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 12th youngest of 41 French towns of 194 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).
Chaumercenne is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaumercenne | 43.2 | 23% | 11% | 5.2% |
| Gray 5,365 · 10 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 11.7 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Auxonne 7,581 · 13 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 15.5 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Dole 23,840 · 16 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 2% | 13% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 16.3 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
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 Chaumercenne
What is the population of Chaumercenne?
194 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (150).
How old are Chaumercenne’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaumercenne?
12, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaumercenne?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaumercenne?
€24,870 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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