A median age of 55.6: Champvert is older than 95% of compared French towns
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 1% of homes are flats here. Champvert has fewer couples with children than 84% of compared French towns, at 17%. Census day 2023: 741 residents and 380 households in the town. For Champvert, the census puts households in social housing at 4.3%.
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 Champvert
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 55 second homes and occasional dwellings in Champvert, 12% of its 480 homes: higher than in 89% 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 Champvert’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Champvert had 824 residents at the 2012 census and 741 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.
A higher share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
6.1% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Champvert, 9.5% of homes stand empty.
Champvert changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, 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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and −7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −8% in Nièvre.
7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 96% 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
■ Champvert 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 32%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 39% in Champvert, more than in 66% 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
The typical household size is 2 people. Higher than in 60% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Half above, half below €24,870 a year in standard of living
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,870 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 40% in Champvert, more than in 84% of compared French towns
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
5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.5%, a lower share than 87% 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 share of foreign nationals trails 86% of compared French towns: 1.5%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 85% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Champvert has 41%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Champvert comes in at 25%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 1 of the 3 towns around Champvert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champvert | 55.6 | 32% | 12% | 2.5% |
| Decize 4,932 · 3 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 5.3% | 4.3% |
| La Machine 3,192 · 3.7 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 6.2% | 4% |
| Imphy 3,182 · 12.7 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 2.6% | 6.5% |
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 Champvert
What is the population of Champvert?
741 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (824).
How old are Champvert’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champvert?
55, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champvert?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champvert?
€24,870 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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