Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Chastanier is over 60
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in nine: that is how common couples with children are in Chastanier (11%). This Lozère town counted 76 residents and 43 households at the 2023 Census. With households without a car at 6.8%, Chastanier is behind nearly three quarters of compared French towns on that count.
Throughout this page, the Lozère 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 Chastanier
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chastanier, 51% of its 95 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 75% 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 Chastanier’s residents are under 60 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chastanier had 94 residents at the 2012 census and 76 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
56% of Chastanier’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 43% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 51%
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.2% of homes stand empty in Chastanier. In Chastanier, 13% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Chastanier changed by −19% from 2012 to 2023, 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Lozère town −4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −17%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 3.8% in Chastanier, less than in 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
■ Chastanier 60. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents are 65 or over in Chastanier. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 56%
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 Lozère median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 1.8 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
22% of households are headed by a retired person, below 91% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 11%, Chastanier is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 32% 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).
Immigrants make up 2.6% in Chastanier, less than in 86% 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.
The median compared commune in Lozère has 7.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
In Chastanier, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 90% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 71% of compared French towns: 24%
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: 18% of the total. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 76 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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).
Chastanier and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chastanier | 60 | 36% | 51% | 2.6% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 5 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
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 Chastanier
What is the population of Chastanier?
76 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (94).
How old are Chastanier’s residents?
The median age is 60, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chastanier?
48, with occasional dwellings: 51% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chastanier?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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