Half of Chevaigné-du-Maine is over 59, older than 98% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Chevaigné-du-Maine was home to 150 people in 82 households. Households without a car account for 3.6%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Chevaigné-du-Maine has 5.9%.
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 Chevaigné-du-Maine
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 64 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chevaigné-du-Maine, 36% of its 180 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Chevaigné-du-Maine’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chevaigné-du-Maine had 190 residents at the 2012 census and 150 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 30 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
36% of homes in Chevaigné-du-Maine are second homes
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The figure for empty homes is 17% in Chevaigné-du-Maine and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Chevaigné-du-Maine: −21%
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Mayenne town ±0%. The change was −9% from 2012 to 2017 and −13% from 2017 to 2023.
Chevaigné-du-Maine sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chevaigné-du-Maine 59. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 36% in Chevaigné-du-Maine. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 18%, a lower share than 83% 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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 41% of households are one person living alone in Chevaigné-du-Maine. Average household size: 1.8 people. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median of €21,580 a year per consumption unit
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 €21,580 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 59%, a higher share than 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 73% of compared French towns: 18%. On average, 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).
In Chevaigné-du-Maine, 15% of residents are immigrants, more than in 85% 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.
14% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Set beside that, 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.
More married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Chevaigné-du-Maine, 19%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Chevaigné-du-Maine, 12% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% 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 Chevaigné-du-Maine, just over a third of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 150 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.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Chevaigné-du-Maine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevaigné-du-Maine | 59 | 36% | 36% | 15% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 6.8 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 8.2 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 8.3 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 10.7 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 10.9 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| Mayenne 12,883 · 13.8 mi | 47 | 28% | 1.8% | 5.3% |
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 Chevaigné-du-Maine
What is the population of Chevaigné-du-Maine?
150 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (190).
How old are Chevaigné-du-Maine’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chevaigné-du-Maine?
64, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chevaigné-du-Maine?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chevaigné-du-Maine?
€21,580 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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