Fewer empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 2%
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Chemilly comes in at 22%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 4.2%, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. This Haute-Saône town had 111 residents in 48 households at the 2023 census. 3.9% of homes are flats.
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 Chemilly
Growing fast
Chemilly had 90 residents at the 2012 census and 111 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +23% since 2012 puts Chemilly ahead of 93% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Saône town −5%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, +26%.
In Chemilly, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 73% 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
■ Chemilly 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chemilly’s residents are under 41.5, younger than in 69% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Chemilly: 33% of households are couples with children, above 88% 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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Chemilly comes in at 33%. Households average 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Chemilly: 3.9% of homes are second homes, above 70% of compared French towns
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. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
Standard of living at the median: €27,240 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,240 a year: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 92% 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
In Chemilly, 22% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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).
2.7% of residents are immigrants, below 85% 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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The census found that 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Chemilly.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Chemilly
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 figure for married residents is 35% in Chemilly and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 38%
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
Few places have so few adults with no qualification: 18% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 111 to 2,582 people, the 7th youngest
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 young as Chemilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemilly | 41.5 | 26% | 3.9% | 2.7% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 2.8 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 6.2 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 6.5 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Chemilly
What is the population of Chemilly?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (90).
How old are Chemilly’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chemilly?
2, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chemilly?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chemilly?
€27,240 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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