5.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 94% of compared French towns: 6.2%. 166 residents in 75 households: that is Charézier at the 2023 Census. For Charézier, the census puts single-parent households at 20%. Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 4.2% of homes stand empty.
Throughout this page, the Jura 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 Charézier
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charézier, 17% of its 95 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 17% of its homes
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: 5.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 21% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households have no car, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
+11% since 2012, a pace 72% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Jura town, the change came in two steps: +17% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Older than 80% of compared French towns: half of Charézier is over 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charézier 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (18%), Charézier is below three quarters of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 27%, a lower share than 90% 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 Jura median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Couples with children are rarer here than in 74% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
The median resident lives on €25,890 a year per consumption unit
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 Charézier is €25,890 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Charézier: 47% of households are headed by a retired person, above 95% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in four: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Charézier (27%). Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are single in Charézier
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
In Charézier, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 80% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (166 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Charézier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charézier | 49.2 | 18% | 17% | 1.8% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 9.1 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 10.5 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 12.5 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
| Hauts de Bienne 5,032 · 15.2 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 6.8% | 20% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 15.5 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Claude 8,386 · 16.6 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 5.1% | 20% |
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 Charézier
What is the population of Charézier?
166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (150).
How old are Charézier’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charézier?
16, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charézier?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charézier?
€25,890 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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