Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.1% of homes are flats
16% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Cheminon had 578 residents in 280 households at the 2023 Census. For Cheminon, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 44%. The median age in the town is 49.5, higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
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 Cheminon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cheminon had 625 residents at the 2012 census and 578 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 42 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 94% of compared French towns: Cheminon 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
The median Marne town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six −5%.
In Cheminon, 8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% 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
■ Cheminon 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents are 65 or over here. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 15% of households are single parents
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up about one in three here (30%).
Above 91% of compared French towns: 13% of homes stand empty
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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. In Cheminon, 6.9% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,440 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.
Living standards centre on €23,440 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
1.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% 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 manual worker make up 20%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cheminon ranks below 87% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.4%
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.
In Cheminon, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 70% of compared French towns: 23%
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
More married residents than in 53% of compared French towns: 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 92% 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
In Cheminon, 30% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 578 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Cheminon is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheminon | 49.5 | 30% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 7.3 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 9 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 12.1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 14.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 16.4 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
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 Cheminon
What is the population of Cheminon?
578 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (625).
How old are Cheminon’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cheminon?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cheminon?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cheminon?
€23,440 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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