Champlemy is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.6
In Champlemy, 62% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 1.2%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Champlemy was home to 305 people in 170 households. The census found that 4.3% of households are single parents in the 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 Champlemy
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Champlemy, 40% of its 310 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Champlemy’s residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Champlemy had 340 residents at the 2012 census and 305 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 40% in Champlemy, more than in 96% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 30% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 3.1% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on households without a car: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
In Champlemy, 40% 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
■ Champlemy 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
3% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
In Champlemy, 12% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 97% 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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.8 people each. At 46%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 86% of compared French towns. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,260 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.
At €24,260 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Champlemy ranks below 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 7.3%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 75% of compared French towns: 15%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 77% 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.
Immigrants: 4.6%, below just over two thirds of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Champlemy
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
Fewer married residents than in 56% of compared French towns: 42%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 76% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Champlemy. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (305 to 2,582 people), the 5th oldest
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).
Champlemy is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champlemy | 57.6 | 40% | 40% | 4.6% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 14.3 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 11% |
| Guérigny 2,505 · 15.2 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.5% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 17 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
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 Champlemy
What is the population of Champlemy?
305 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (340).
How old are Champlemy’s residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champlemy?
130, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champlemy?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champlemy?
€24,260 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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