Half of Le Champ-de-la-Pierre is over 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 28 residents and 16 households in Le Champ-de-la-Pierre. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 67%. 14% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
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 Champ-de-la-Pierre
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Champ-de-la-Pierre, 39% of its 29 homes: higher than in 96% 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
Le Champ-de-la-Pierre had 42 residents at the 2012 census and 28 in 2023, down 33%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Le Champ-de-la-Pierre’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Le Champ-de-la-Pierre (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 4.6% for the median compared commune in Orne. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 39% of homes 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
One household in seven has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 7.1%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Le Champ-de-la-Pierre changed by −33% from 2012 to 2023, 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −32%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Champ-de-la-Pierre 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 32%, Le Champ-de-la-Pierre is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
33% of households are couples with children, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Le Champ-de-la-Pierre has 33%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.8 people each.
The largest group of households: retired (67%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 16%
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 tops 93% of compared French towns: 16%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
67% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 4.8% of residents 15 and over are single in Le Champ-de-la-Pierre. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Le Champ-de-la-Pierre sits above 91% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (30%)
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: 25%, below 69% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 28 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th oldest
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).
Le Champ-de-la-Pierre sits below 1 of its 5 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Champ-de-la-Pierre | 56.5 | 32% | 39% | 16% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 7.2 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 10.5 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 12.5 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 12.6 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Sées 4,168 · 17.3 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
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 Champ-de-la-Pierre
What is the population of Le Champ-de-la-Pierre?
28 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 33% fewer than in 2012 (42).
How old are Le Champ-de-la-Pierre’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Champ-de-la-Pierre?
11, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Champ-de-la-Pierre?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (16%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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