Chaillon is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Chaillon is home to 110 residents in 55 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 45% of households are one person living alone. The figure for flats is 7.3% in Chaillon and 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Chaillon
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chaillon, 11% of its 68 homes: higher than in 89% 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 Chaillon’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 11% of its 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
Empty homes make up 8%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Chaillon has fewer households without a car than 84% of compared French towns, at 5.5%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
A +9% change since 2012: faster than 66% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Meuse town −8%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +11%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns: 32%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chaillon 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9%, below 81% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 18%, a lower share than 81% 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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There are 2 people in the average household. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,520 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.
The median standard of living in Chaillon is €25,520 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns: 27%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Chaillon has 18%. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 11 here (9.1%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chaillon ranks below 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.8%
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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 91% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Chaillon
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 Chaillon, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 110 to 2,582 people, the 8th oldest
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Chaillon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaillon | 52.5 | 32% | 11% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 5.9 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 13.2 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Pagny-sur-Moselle 3,919 · 17.4 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
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 Chaillon
What is the population of Chaillon?
110 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (101).
How old are Chaillon’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaillon?
8, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaillon?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaillon?
€25,520 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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