A median age of 59.2: Chéronnac is older than 98% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 314 residents and 160 households in Chéronnac. The share of single-parent households stands at 5.4%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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 Chéronnac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chéronnac, 26% of its 260 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Chéronnac’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Chéronnac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 4.5% for the median compared commune in Haute-Vienne. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chéronnac had 330 residents at the 2012 census and 314 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chéronnac sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.6%)
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
In the last two years, 4.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many second homes: 26% here, more than in 94% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, 7.6% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
−5% since 2012: slower than 87% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Vienne town +1%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 38%, a higher share than 97% 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
■ Chéronnac 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Chéronnac has 6.4%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
11% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 98% 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-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.9 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 35%.
At the median, €21,410 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 Chéronnac is €21,410 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.2% in Chéronnac, less than in 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 manual worker make up 15%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Here, 45% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 23%
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-Vienne has 4.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 95% of compared French towns. The census found that 20% of residents are foreign nationals in Chéronnac. By way of comparison, 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
52% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Chéronnac sits above 83% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (26%)
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Chéronnac has 24%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Chéronnac is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chéronnac | 59.2 | 38% | 26% | 23% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 6 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 11.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 11.7 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 15.5 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Nontron 3,057 · 16.3 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 10% | 6.8% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 17.5 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
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 Chéronnac
What is the population of Chéronnac?
314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (330).
How old are Chéronnac’s residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chéronnac?
68, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chéronnac?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 62 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chéronnac?
€21,410 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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