Couples with children: 12%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
4.8% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For La Chapelle-Urée, the census puts flats at 9.2%. At 3.6%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 172 residents in 84 households.
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 La Chapelle-Urée
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Chapelle-Urée, 10% of its 120 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Growing fast
La Chapelle-Urée had 133 residents at the 2012 census and 172 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 19%
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
10% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A +29% change since 2012: faster than 96% 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 +19% from 2012 to 2017 and +9% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
Half of La Chapelle-Urée is under 40.3, younger than 77% 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
■ La Chapelle-Urée 40.3. The median compared French town: 44.
For La Chapelle-Urée, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%. In La Chapelle-Urée, 10% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
La Chapelle-Urée ranks above 81% of compared French towns on one-person households: 44%
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
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 12% in La Chapelle-Urée. A household here holds 2.1 people on average. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
€21,750 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of La Chapelle-Urée’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,750 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns: 38%
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 manager or professional: 12%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. 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).
Immigrants make up 4.1% in La Chapelle-Urée, less than in 73% 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 29 here (3.5%). Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
La Chapelle-Urée sits below 63% of compared French towns for married residents (41%)
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
By its share of single residents (24%), La Chapelle-Urée is below 60% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 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 make up 27%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 172 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as La Chapelle-Urée
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Urée | 40.3 | 23% | 10% | 4.1% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 3.7 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 5.8 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 6.8 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 7.1 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 9.5 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 10 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
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 La Chapelle-Urée
What is the population of La Chapelle-Urée?
172 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (133).
How old are La Chapelle-Urée’s residents?
The median age is 40.3, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Chapelle-Urée?
12, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Chapelle-Urée?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Chapelle-Urée?
€21,750 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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