Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Chassignolles, 51%. Census day 2023: 529 residents and 260 households here. For Chassignolles, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.9%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Chassignolles
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chassignolles, 19% of its 390 homes: higher than in 93% 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
Chassignolles had 598 residents at the 2012 census and 529 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Chassignolles’ residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 60 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Without a car: one household in 13, against 11% in the median compared French town. On empty homes, Chassignolles sits higher than 96% of compared French towns: 15%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Chassignolles, 7.9% of households have no car.
A change of −12% since 2012 leaves Chassignolles behind 98% 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 median Indre town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six −7%.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Chassignolles is over 52.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chassignolles 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 74% of compared French towns: 27%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 3.7%, a lower share than 99% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2 people share a household. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Fewer couples with children than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 20%. At the same time, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 37% in Chassignolles.
At the median, €24,090 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 Chassignolles is €24,090 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Chassignolles ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 3.8%
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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Measured more widely, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Chassignolles has 2.7%. To put it in context, 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.
Single residents make up 20% in Chassignolles, less than in 91% 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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Chassignolles. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Chassignolles ranks below 79% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 22%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Chassignolles. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 529 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 2 towns around Chassignolles are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Chassignolles
What is the population of Chassignolles?
529 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (598).
How old are Chassignolles’ residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chassignolles?
73, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chassignolles?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chassignolles?
€24,090 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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