Only 2.7% of homes are flats in Chenonceaux
3.1% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. There were 160 households in Chenonceaux at the 2023 Census, home to 334 residents. The census found that 44% of households are headed by a retired person locally. Fewer households without a car than in 87% of compared French towns: 5.2%.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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 Chenonceaux
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chenonceaux, 15% of its 220 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chenonceaux had 360 residents at the 2012 census and 334 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
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: 9.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 15% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%).
Chenonceaux changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then −5% to 2023.
Older than 84% of compared French towns: half of Chenonceaux is over 50.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chenonceaux 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Chenonceaux, 27%. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 84% 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. More couples with children than in 64% of compared French towns: 28%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,540 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 Chenonceaux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Chenonceaux ranks below 75% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 6.2%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (16%), Chenonceaux is above just over three fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten 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: 4.5%, a lower share than 68% 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 Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. 3% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 33.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 20% 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
Married residents: 49%, above 89% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 9.9%
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
Graduates of higher education: 33% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (334 to 2,582 people), the 13th oldest
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).
Chenonceaux sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chenonceaux | 50.5 | 27% | 15% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Cher 2,710 · 2.8 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 12% | 3.1% |
| Bléré 5,352 · 3.8 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| La Croix-en-Touraine 2,543 · 3.8 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 5.1% | 2.6% |
| Montrichard Val de Cher 3,611 · 5.6 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 9.4% | 6.5% |
| Amboise 12,937 · 6.2 mi | 45 | 27% | 9.8% | 9.6% |
| Athée-sur-Cher 2,855 · 7.6 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.5% | 2% |
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 Chenonceaux
What is the population of Chenonceaux?
334 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (360).
How old are Chenonceaux’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 84% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chenonceaux?
34, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chenonceaux?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chenonceaux?
€27,540 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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