Above 97% of compared French towns: 37% of households are couples with children
Flats: 1.7% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Across Le Chalange, 15% of residents are 15 to 24. At 5.1%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 87% 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 Le Chalange
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Chalange, 17% of its 55 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Chalange had 100 residents at the 2012 census and 86 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 17%, a higher share than 97% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Newcomers of less than two years account for 18% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 13%. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Le Chalange.
A −14% change since 2012: slower than 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
The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −12%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%.
Half of Le Chalange is under 43.5, younger than 54% 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
■ Le Chalange 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, more than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Le Chalange ranks above 60% of compared French towns on one-person households: 37%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a retired person: 25%, a lower share than 83% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across Le Chalange, 13% 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).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 76% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 5.5% in Le Chalange. Immigrants make up a share lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
More married residents than 73% of compared French towns: 46%
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Le Chalange, 28%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Le Chalange, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
Compared with other places, graduates of higher education are common here: 31%, more than in 54% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 86 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th youngest
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).
Older than Le Chalange: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Chalange | 43.5 | 23% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Sées 4,168 · 6.6 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 12 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 15.1 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 15.5 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 15.7 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 16.9 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 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 Le Chalange
What is the population of Le Chalange?
86 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (100).
How old are Le Chalange’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Chalange?
9, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Chalange?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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