A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns, at 7.5%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Chérisey counted 280 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. 13% of homes are flats. The share of households headed by a manual worker is 8.2%, against 14% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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.
Since 2012, Chérisey has changed by +2%, slower than 62% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Moselle. Here the change came as +11% to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
In Chérisey, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 74% 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
■ Chérisey 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.1, Chérisey is older than half of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 77% of compared French towns: 30%
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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are single parents here. On the census count, 32% of households are one person living alone. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 6.5%, a lower share than 77% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 4.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. At 2.3%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €31,220 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 Chérisey’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,220 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 82% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are headed by a retired person in Chérisey. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chérisey sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.1%)
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 Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
The share of married residents tops 98% of compared French towns: 54%. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Chérisey
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
Graduates of higher education: 40%, above 80% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 280 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Chérisey sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chérisey | 44.1 | 18% | 2.3% | 1.1% |
| Marly 10,286 · 5.1 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 6.8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Metz 122,572 · 7.1 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Moulins-lès-Metz 5,265 · 7.7 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 8.1 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 10% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 8.5 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
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 Chérisey
What is the population of Chérisey?
280 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (275).
How old are Chérisey’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chérisey?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chérisey?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chérisey?
€31,220 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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