Champanges ranks above 98% of compared French towns on couples with children: 39%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.3% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a retired person. At the 2023 Census, 1,208 people lived in Champanges, in 470 households. Households in social housing make up about one in 42 here (2.4%).
Throughout this page, the Haute-Savoie 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 Champanges
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 5.4% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Champanges had 868 residents at the 2012 census and 1,208 in 2023, up 39%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +39% since 2012 puts Champanges ahead of 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +14% in Haute-Savoie. Here the change came as +17% to 2017, then +19% to 2023.
Champanges is younger than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Champanges 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Champanges, 17% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Champanges sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (18%)
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-Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.6 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households account for 5.4%.
3% of households have no car, below 99% 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
Empty homes make up 4.7%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Second homes make up about one in 27 here (3.7%). Flats are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €36,770 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.
Half of residents live in households above €36,770 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 97% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 15%. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.5% in Champanges, less than in 69% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Champanges comes in at 2.8%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
In Champanges, 15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
Half of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
41% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,208 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Champanges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champanges | 39.6 | 17% | 3.7% | 4.5% |
| Publier 7,864 · 1.5 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 15% | 9.8% |
| Évian-les-Bains 9,267 · 2.3 mi | 41.6 | 22% | 28% | 14% |
| Neuvecelle 3,256 · 3.1 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 19% | 11% |
| Thonon-les-Bains 37,928 · 3.6 mi | 41 | 21% | 7.9% | 16% |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais 2,613 · 3.8 mi | 42 | 17% | 16% | 4.8% |
| Allinges 5,019 · 4.8 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.7% | 5.9% |
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 Champanges
What is the population of Champanges?
1,208 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 39% more than in 2012 (868).
How old are Champanges’ residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champanges?
19, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champanges?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champanges?
€36,770 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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