A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.8%
6.2% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Across Chérencé-le-Héron, 2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM). On households headed by a manual worker, Chérencé-le-Héron sits higher than 97% of compared French towns: 26%. Census day 2023: 436 residents and 190 households in the town.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Chérencé-le-Héron
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chérencé-le-Héron, 15% of its 240 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 97% 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.
Chérencé-le-Héron: 15% of homes are second homes, above 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
Empty homes: 4.9% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, 4.3% of households have no car, a lower share than in 93% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%.
Growth of +14% since 2012 puts Chérencé-le-Héron ahead of 80% 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
The change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and +7% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
Younger than 70% of compared French towns: half of Chérencé-le-Héron is under 41.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chérencé-le-Héron 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 20%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. More couples with children than in 86% of compared French towns: 33%. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 30%, below 75% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €24,670 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 €24,670 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 87% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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 retired person make up about one in three here (31%). Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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 Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 38: that is how common foreign nationals are in Chérencé-le-Héron (2.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Chérencé-le-Héron ranks below 93% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Married residents make up 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 91% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 16% in Chérencé-le-Héron and 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 436 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th youngest
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 young as Chérencé-le-Héron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chérencé-le-Héron | 41.4 | 20% | 15% | 2.6% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 2.7 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 8 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 8.2 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 10.8 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 12.2 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 12.6 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
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 Chérencé-le-Héron
What is the population of Chérencé-le-Héron?
436 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (382).
How old are Chérencé-le-Héron’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chérencé-le-Héron?
36, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chérencé-le-Héron?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chérencé-le-Héron?
€24,670 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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