Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Châtenoy has 2.7%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 458, in 220 households. Across Châtenoy, 4.2% of households have no car. 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a higher share than in 80% of compared French towns.
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 Châtenoy
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Châtenoy, 14% of its 270 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 88% 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.
Second homes make up 14% in Châtenoy, more 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Empty homes: 4.7% of the total.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 54% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Loiret town +6%.
A median age of 47.9: Châtenoy is older than 74% 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
■ Châtenoy 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
26% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 4% of households are single parents in Châtenoy
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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. At 23%, the share of couples with children is lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Here 36% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,010 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,010 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
In Châtenoy, 35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 65% 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
The census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in Châtenoy. 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).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.4% in Châtenoy. Against that, 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.
24% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 64% 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
The share of married residents stands at 43%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 68% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Châtenoy comes in at 32%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 458 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Châtenoy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtenoy | 47.9 | 26% | 14% | 2.4% |
| Lorris 2,996 · 5.7 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 5.4% | 6.3% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Loire 8,546 · 9.1 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.4% | 7.3% |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire 2,543 · 10.7 mi | 45 | 20% | 7.4% | 3.2% |
| Sully-sur-Loire 5,124 · 11 mi | 45.4 | 28% | 5% | 15% |
| Fay-aux-Loges 3,916 · 11.9 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 2.4% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel 3,065 · 13 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 3.4% | 9.8% |
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 Châtenoy
What is the population of Châtenoy?
458 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (441).
How old are Châtenoy’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Châtenoy?
39, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Châtenoy?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Châtenoy?
€27,010 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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