Chemilli ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 1.2%
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 0.8% of homes are flats in Chemilli. The town had 170 residents in 79 households at the 2023 census. 5.9% of households are single parents. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Chemilli
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chemilli, 25% of its 130 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chemilli had 208 residents at the 2012 census and 170 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Chemilli’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
25% of homes in Chemilli are second homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common empty homes are in Chemilli (12%).
Slower than most: −18% since 2012, behind 99% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Orne town −5%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −15%.
A median age of 51.8: Chemilli is older than 88% 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
■ Chemilli 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Chemilli has 28%. Put another way, about one in 11: 9.5% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Chemilli
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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children trails 83% of compared French towns: 18%. Each household has 2.2 people on average. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Median living standard: €25,000 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,000 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
41% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chemilli sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.6%)
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Chemilli. On average, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 13% 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
59% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Chemilli, 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 94% 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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Chemilli has 26%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 170 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Chemilli
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemilli | 51.8 | 28% | 25% | 0.6% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 3.8 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 12 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 12.4 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 12.6 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 14.9 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 3% | 6.8% |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 15.8 mi | 50 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
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 Chemilli
What is the population of Chemilli?
170 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (208).
How old are Chemilli’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chemilli?
32, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chemilli?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chemilli?
€25,000 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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