Les Champeaux: 32% of homes are second homes, above 95% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Les Champeaux counted 96 residents and 47 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person come to 20% here, about two in ten. With households without a car at 4%, Les Champeaux is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Les Champeaux
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Champeaux, 32% of its 81 homes: higher than in 95% 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
Les Champeaux had 140 residents at the 2012 census and 96 in 2023, down 31%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Les Champeaux ranks above 78% of compared French towns on empty homes: 9.9%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Les Champeaux changed by −31% from 2012 to 2023, 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Orne town, the change came in two steps: −17% from 2012 to 2017, then −17% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Champeaux 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, with a median age of 50.5, Les Champeaux is older than 85% 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%.
Les Champeaux ranks below 74% of compared French towns on couples with children: 20%
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
One-person households: 40% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,560 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 median standard of living in Les Champeaux is €22,560 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
In Les Champeaux, 10% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 77% 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. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.9% in Les Champeaux, less than in 64% 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 is 2.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
Married residents: 54%, a higher share than 98% 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
A fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Les Champeaux. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 96 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Les Champeaux is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Champeaux | 50.5 | 24% | 32% | 4.9% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 3.9 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 8.2 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 8.7 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 10.2 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 12.5 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 14.9 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
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 Les Champeaux
What is the population of Les Champeaux?
96 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% fewer than in 2012 (140).
How old are Les Champeaux’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Champeaux?
26, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Champeaux?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Champeaux?
€22,560 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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