A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Chérancé comes in at 46%. In Chérancé, 3% of households have no car. 5.9% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 80% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 155 people lived locally, in 68 households.
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 Chérancé
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chérancé had 166 residents at the 2012 census and 155 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (15%): 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 92% of compared French towns: Chérancé changed by −7% 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 ±0% for the median Mayenne town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Chérancé ranks below 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chérancé 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 46.7, Chérancé is older than two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 31%, a higher share than 79% 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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Chérancé has 38%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
15% of homes stand empty, more than in 96% 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
Households in social housing: 9.1% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,720 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 €23,720 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 15%, a higher share than 59% 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. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 74% of compared French towns: 8%
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 Mayenne has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The census found that 7.3% of residents are immigrants in Chérancé.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Chérancé: 53% of residents 15 and over are married, above 97% 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 Chérancé, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Chérancé ranks below 96% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 15%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Chérancé. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 155 to 2,582
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).
Chérancé is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chérancé | 46.7 | 25% | 5.9% | 7.3% |
| Craon 4,431 · 3.6 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Renazé 2,504 · 5.6 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Segré-en-Anjou Bleu 17,667 · 7.5 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Ombrée d'Anjou 8,813 · 9.2 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 3.1% | 6% |
| Cossé-le-Vivien 3,174 · 10.2 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2% | 2.2% |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne 16,584 · 10.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 2.1% | 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 Chérancé
What is the population of Chérancé?
155 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (166).
How old are Chérancé’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 67% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chérancé?
5, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chérancé?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chérancé?
€23,720 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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