Flats make up 2.2% in Les Hauts-de-Chée, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Les Hauts-de-Chée has 1.5%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.3%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. The town’s 310 households held 693 residents at the 2023 Census. 6.4% of households are single parents.
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 Les Hauts-de-Chée
Fewer residents than in 2012
Les Hauts-de-Chée had 745 residents at the 2012 census and 693 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 59 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Les Hauts-de-Chée’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012: slower than 93% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, −5%.
A median age of 51.1: Les Hauts-de-Chée is older than 86% 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
■ Les Hauts-de-Chée 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 70% of compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 15% in Les Hauts-de-Chée, more than in 95% 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
4.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 33% have been in their home 30 years or more. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Les Hauts-de-Chée has fewer households without a car than 93% of compared French towns, at 4.3%. Still, the figure for second homes is 5% in Les Hauts-de-Chée and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,340 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,340 a year: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Above 74% of compared French towns: 37% of households are headed by a retired person
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 Les Hauts-de-Chée, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. At 9.8%, households headed by a manager or professional sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.6%, a lower share than 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.
The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
20% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Les Hauts-de-Chée, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 69% 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
Adults with no qualification: a fifth of the total. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 693 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.
Median age: 1 of the 4 towns around Les Hauts-de-Chée are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Hauts-de-Chée | 51.1 | 28% | 5% | 0.6% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 6.4 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 14.2 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 17 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 17.5 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
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 Les Hauts-de-Chée
What is the population of Les Hauts-de-Chée?
693 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (745).
How old are Les Hauts-de-Chée’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Hauts-de-Chée?
19, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Hauts-de-Chée?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Hauts-de-Chée?
€25,340 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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