A median age of 57.9: Champallement is older than 97% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 56 residents and 27 households in Champallement. Across Champallement, 1.6% of homes are flats. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Champallement
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Champallement, 50% of its 63 homes: higher than in 97% 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 Champallement’s residents are under 57.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Champallement (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 5.9% for the median compared commune in Nièvre. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Champallement had 47 residents at the 2012 census and 56 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
50% of homes are second homes, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
19% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 19% moved in within the last two years. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Growth of +19% since 2012 puts Champallement ahead of 89% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nièvre town −8%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +14%.
Only 5.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Champallement
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Champallement 57.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 29%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Champallement sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (20%)
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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2 people share a household. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Fewer couples with children than in 74% of compared French towns: 20%.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns: 20%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 22%
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 20%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 14% of residents 15 and over are single
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 96% of compared French towns: 52%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Champallement, 10% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 95% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 47% in Champallement. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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).
Champallement is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Champallement
What is the population of Champallement?
56 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (47).
How old are Champallement’s residents?
The median age is 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champallement?
32, with occasional dwellings: 50% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champallement?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (20%). 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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