3.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 91% of compared French towns
The median age in Chenebier is 50, higher than in 83% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 701, in 320 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 42%. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Chenebier has 8.2%.
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.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 84% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −5%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Chenebier sits below 85% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chenebier 50. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 25% in Chenebier and 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 29% in Chenebier, more than in 73% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 31% here, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. There is little gap on single-parent households: 9.5%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 89% of compared French towns, at 4.9%
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: 7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 31% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. 3.9% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. At 2.1%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €27,870 a year to live on
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 median standard of living in Chenebier is €27,870 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
9.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 80% 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
7.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The wider picture: 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).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In Chenebier, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Chenebier ranks above 97% of compared French towns on married residents: 52%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Chenebier ranks above 61% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 33%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Chenebier comes in at 17%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 701 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 Chenebier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chenebier | 50 | 25% | 2.1% | 0.9% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 4.1 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
| Essert 3,417 · 5 mi | 44.9 | 26% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 5.3 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 5.4 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Bavilliers 4,678 · 5.8 mi | 48.4 | 29% | 0.9% | 11% |
| Valdoie 5,175 · 6.2 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.6% | 8.6% |
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 Chenebier
What is the population of Chenebier?
701 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (728).
How old are Chenebier’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chenebier?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chenebier?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chenebier?
€27,870 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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