Chesny sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.6%)
Empty homes: 2.8%, below 96% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 23%. 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. Chesny is home to 553 residents in 220 households, by the 2023 Census.
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.
What stands out about the people of Chesny
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
51% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 19% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 74% of compared French towns grew faster than Chesny: −1%
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 first five years brought +6%; the six to 2023, −7%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 14%, a higher share than 91% 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
■ Chesny 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chesny’s residents are under 42.3, younger than in 63% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 19% in Chesny, less than in 99% 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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
35% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Across Chesny, 13% of households are single parents.
Fewer flats than 73% of compared French towns: 17%
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
15% of households arrived within the last two years, while 18% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €31,540 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.
Living standards centre on €31,540 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Chesny ranks below 97% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 4.6%
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 retired person: 28%, below 73% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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.
In Chesny, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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 larger share of married residents than 81% of compared French towns: 48%
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 figure for single residents is 23% in Chesny and 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 97% of compared French towns, at 8.9%
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
Here 51% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 553 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th youngest
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.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Chesny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesny | 42.3 | 16% | 2% | 2.9% |
| Marly 10,286 · 3.8 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Metz 122,572 · 4.5 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 4.8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 5.6 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 5.9 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 10% |
| Moulins-lès-Metz 5,265 · 6.1 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.9% |
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 Chesny
What is the population of Chesny?
553 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (559).
How old are Chesny’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chesny?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chesny?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chesny?
€31,540 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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