2.3% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households in social housing (2.2%), Charny-sur-Meuse is below 96% of compared French towns. On the census count, 6.7% of households are single parents. 6.5% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 93% of compared French towns. The town had 522 residents in 230 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Charny-sur-Meuse
Fewer residents than in 2012
Charny-sur-Meuse had 564 residents at the 2012 census and 522 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Charny-sur-Meuse changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 94% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −8%, then +1% to 2023.
Half of Charny-sur-Meuse is over 48.4, older than 76% 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
■ Charny-sur-Meuse 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Nearly a quarter of Charny-sur-Meuse’s residents are 65 or older, against 25% in the median Meuse town and 22% in the median compared French town; 21% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
The share of couples with children tops 77% of compared French towns: 30%. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
In Charny-sur-Meuse, 3.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 64% 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
Some 6.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 28% who have been there 30 years or more. Empty homes: 5.6% of the total. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,090 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 €30,090 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 43% in Charny-sur-Meuse, more than in 90% 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. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Roughly two in ten: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.2%), Charny-sur-Meuse is below 99% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Charny-sur-Meuse, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Charny-sur-Meuse comes in at 50%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Charny-sur-Meuse ranks below 74% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 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
For Charny-sur-Meuse, the census puts graduates of higher education at 29%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 522 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Charny-sur-Meuse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charny-sur-Meuse | 48.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 1% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 2.4 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 2.6 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 3.7 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Étain 3,375 · 12.4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
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 Charny-sur-Meuse
What is the population of Charny-sur-Meuse?
522 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (564).
How old are Charny-sur-Meuse’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charny-sur-Meuse?
8, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charny-sur-Meuse?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charny-sur-Meuse?
€30,090 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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