A median age of 58.5: Charnod is older than 97% of compared French towns
Here 2.9% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Charnod’s population at 37, in 20 households. A quarter of households are one person living alone, or about one in four.
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 Charnod
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charnod, 31% of its 36 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Charnod’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 28% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Charnod had 44 residents at the 2012 census and 37 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 5 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 11% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 32%. Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households have no car. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Charnod has 14%.
Slower than most: −16% since 2012, behind 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
In two steps, −9% to 2017 and −8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Jura.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.6%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Charnod 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Charnod. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
20 households; 25% are one person
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The typical household size is 1.9 people.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 75%
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 manager or professional (25%), Charnod is above 94% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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).
Below 84% of compared French towns: 2.8% of residents are immigrants
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals here. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Charnod sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (6.1%)
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 52% of residents 15 and over are married in Charnod. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Adults with no qualification: 22%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 37 to 2,582 people
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.
No nearby town is as old as Charnod
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charnod | 58.5 | 33% | 31% | 2.8% |
| Bellignat 3,525 · 8.9 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.7% | 26% |
| Oyonnax 22,480 · 9.1 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 33% |
| Arbent 3,555 · 9.6 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1% | 24% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 10.2 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 11.2 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 13.2 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
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 Charnod
What is the population of Charnod?
37 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (44).
How old are Charnod’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 8.3% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charnod?
11, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charnod?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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