Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.2%
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Chémeré-le-Roi has 2.8%. In 2023, the Census found 431 residents in the town, living in 180 households. Census figures put couples with children at 30% here. The median age here is 39.4, lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Mayenne 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 Chémeré-le-Roi
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chémeré-le-Roi, 15% of its 240 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chémeré-le-Roi sits below 96% of compared French towns for flats (4.5%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Chémeré-le-Roi, 15%. Set beside that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Across Chémeré-le-Roi, just over one in ten homes stand empty.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Chémeré-le-Roi behind 78% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Mayenne town, the change came in two steps: −9% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 76% of compared French towns, at 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chémeré-le-Roi 39.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.8% 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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households make up 39%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€23,590 a year: the median standard of living
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 residents live in households above €23,590 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
Chémeré-le-Roi ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 22%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Chémeré-le-Roi. On top of that, this Mayenne town has more households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns, at 25%. For 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).
Fewer immigrants than 67% of compared French towns: 4.6%
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.
For Chémeré-le-Roi, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.5%. As a reference point, 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.
Married residents: 36%, a lower share than 87% 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
Single residents: 31% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns, at 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Chémeré-le-Roi has 36%. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Chémeré-le-Roi is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chémeré-le-Roi | 39.4 | 18% | 15% | 4.6% |
| Meslay-du-Maine 2,779 · 5.6 mi | 51.2 | 33% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 10.9 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| Argentré 2,906 · 11.8 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Évron 8,252 · 12 mi | 50 | 29% | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Montsûrs 3,192 · 12.8 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 5% | 2% |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval 6,302 · 13.7 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
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 Chémeré-le-Roi
What is the population of Chémeré-le-Roi?
431 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (440).
How old are Chémeré-le-Roi’s residents?
The median age is 39.4, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chémeré-le-Roi?
36, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chémeré-le-Roi?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chémeré-le-Roi?
€23,590 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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