A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
With households without a car at 3%, Craménil is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. By contrast, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 79% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Craménil was home to 131 people in 63 households. Single-parent households make up about one in 13 here (7.7%).
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 Craménil
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Craménil, 22% of its 96 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Craménil had 162 residents at the 2012 census and 131 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 22% of its 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
7.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. More empty homes than in 90% of compared French towns: 13%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Craménil changed by −19% since 2012
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
The first five years brought −9%; the six to 2023, −11%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%.
Half of Craménil is over 48.5, older than 77% 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
■ Craménil 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 56% of compared French towns: 11%. 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Above 64% of compared French towns: 38% of households are one person living alone
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
By its share of couples with children (23%), Craménil is below 61% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
€26,100 a year: the median 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,100 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Craménil ranks below 62% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 7.7%
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: 15% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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).
1.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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 87% of compared French towns: 1.5%. As a yardstick, 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.
Single residents: 33%, a higher share than 88% 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
The figure for married residents is 40% in Craménil and 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Craménil sits above 56% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (20%)
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
Graduates of higher education are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 131 to 2,582 people
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.
Older than Craménil: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craménil | 48.5 | 23% | 22% | 1.5% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 6.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Flers 14,432 · 8.8 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 9.1 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 10.6 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 12 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 13.2 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
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 Craménil
What is the population of Craménil?
131 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (162).
How old are Craménil’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Craménil?
21, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Craménil?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Craménil?
€26,100 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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