0.5% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Here 27% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Census day 2023: 635 residents and 270 households in Chevenon. For Chevenon, the census puts households in social housing at 3.2%. The town has fewer single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 5.4%.
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.
A +6% change since 2012: faster than 54% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −8% for the median Nièvre town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chevenon 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Chevenon. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 43.3, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Chevenon ranks below 95% of compared French towns on one-person households: 24%
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
In Chevenon, 31% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
A smaller share of households without a car than 95% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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
Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. About one in 11: that is how common empty homes are in Chevenon (9%).
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,490 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,490 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 30% in Chevenon, less than in 65% 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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Chevenon has 11%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chevenon sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.9%)
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.
With foreign nationals at 0.3%, Chevenon is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Chevenon, less than in 89% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
In Chevenon, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 89% 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
In Chevenon, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Chevenon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevenon | 43.3 | 21% | 1.6% | 0.9% |
| Imphy 3,182 · 1.8 mi | 51.3 | 31% | 2.6% | 6.5% |
| Nevers 33,085 · 6.2 mi | 45.5 | 26% | 3.5% | 14% |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers 3,688 · 6.8 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 1.6% | 4.6% |
| Varennes-Vauzelles 9,146 · 7.9 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Marzy 3,623 · 8.2 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 9.8 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
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 Chevenon
What is the population of Chevenon?
635 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (601).
How old are Chevenon’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chevenon?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chevenon?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chevenon?
€26,490 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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