A town of second homes: 23% of its homes
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person come to 50% in Chantemerle, about five in ten. With empty homes at 3.3%, Chantemerle is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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 Chantemerle
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chantemerle, 23% of its 31 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chantemerle had 52 residents at the 2012 census and 48 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in four in Chantemerle is a second home
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 last two years, 8.7% of households moved in; at the other end, 35% have stayed 30 years or more.
Slower growth than 94% of compared French towns: Chantemerle changed by −8% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −2% for the median Marne town, the change came in two steps: −15% from 2012 to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
A median age of 41.8: Chantemerle is younger 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
■ Chantemerle 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Chantemerle has 12%. At 22%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Chantemerle, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Chantemerle has fewer couples with children than 51% of compared French towns, at 25%. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a manual worker: 25%, a higher share than 96% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chantemerle: 0% of residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
11% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Chantemerle, 58%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 22%, a higher share than 66% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 48 to 2,582 people
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).
4 of 5 neighbors are older than Chantemerle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantemerle | 41.8 | 22% | 23% | 0% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 4.9 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 7.5 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 8.1 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 10.8 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| Provins 11,632 · 17 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
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 Chantemerle
What is the population of Chantemerle?
48 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (52).
How old are Chantemerle’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chantemerle?
7, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chantemerle?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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