Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Charpentry is over 58.5
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Charpentry, 5.3%. 17% of households have no car, or about one in six. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 12 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 24 residents.
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 Charpentry
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 2 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charpentry, 11% of its 19 homes: higher than in 88% 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 Charpentry’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 5 homes empty (26%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Charpentry’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 20% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
26% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes are second homes here. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Charpentry grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 67% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meuse town −8%.
In Charpentry, 42% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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
■ Charpentry 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
4.2% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Charpentry sits above 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (50%)
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. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household.
100% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 72% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 24 here (4.2%). 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 58%
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Charpentry has 29%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Charpentry
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charpentry | 58.5 | 42% | 11% | 4.2% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 12.9 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 16.1 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 17 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 17.7 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
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 Charpentry
What is the population of Charpentry?
24 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (22).
How old are Charpentry’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 0% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charpentry?
2, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charpentry?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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