Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.8%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Chapelon’s population at 249, in 110 households. In Chapelon, 4.5% of households are single parents. 7.1% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Chapelon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chapelon had 274 residents at the 2012 census and 249 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 96% of compared French towns grew faster than Chapelon: −9%
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 Loiret town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −3%.
A median age of 46.8: Chapelon is older than 68% 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
■ Chapelon 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
In Chapelon, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 88% 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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are couples with children in Chapelon. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
4.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 91% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 3.7% moved in during the last two years and 32% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.1%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,560 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.
At €28,560 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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: 23% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. For Chapelon, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 41%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Chapelon, 3.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 77% 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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 28 here (3.6%). The wider picture: 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 56% in Chapelon. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 28% in Chapelon, less than in 56% 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
Across Chapelon, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 249 to 2,582 people, the 17th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Chapelon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapelon | 46.8 | 22% | 7.1% | 3.6% |
| Pannes 3,740 · 5.4 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Corquilleroy 2,891 · 6.1 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 2% | 11% |
| Châlette-sur-Loing 12,677 · 6.7 mi | 41.7 | 21% | 1.5% | 26% |
| Villemandeur 7,078 · 6.9 mi | 47.5 | 27% | 2.1% | 10% |
| Montargis 14,825 · 7.9 mi | 40.7 | 23% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Amilly 13,582 · 9.5 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
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 Chapelon
What is the population of Chapelon?
249 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (274).
How old are Chapelon’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chapelon?
9, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chapelon?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chapelon?
€28,560 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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