A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of compared French towns, at 14%
The share of flats is 9%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Villechenève had 922 residents in 400 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 4.1% of households have no car. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 7.5%, more than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Villechenève behind 52% 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
In two steps, ±0% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Rhône.
Half of Villechenève is under 39, younger than 84% 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
■ Villechenève 39. The median compared French town: 44.
Here one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 5.1%
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.3 people. At 32%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. There is little gap on one-person households: 35%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Villechenève ranks below 93% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 3.3%
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
The figure for empty homes is 10% in Villechenève and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 18%. Households in social housing make up 12% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,090 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.
At €26,090 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Villechenève: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 89% 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
28% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Villechenève sits below 87% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.5%)
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.4% in Villechenève. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Villechenève ranks below 77% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
Here, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Villechenève
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Villechenève has 33%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 922 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Villechenève
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villechenève | 39 | 14% | 7.5% | 2.5% |
| Panissières 2,911 · 3.4 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 7.2% | 3% |
| Tarare 10,893 · 5.9 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.1% | 14% |
| Vindry-sur-Turdine 5,305 · 6.5 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2.2% | 3.5% |
| Sain-Bel 2,566 · 9.3 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Feurs 8,367 · 10 mi | 50.7 | 32% | 2% | 6.7% |
| L'Arbresle 6,537 · 10.1 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.7% | 11% |
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 Villechenève
What is the population of Villechenève?
922 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (884).
How old are Villechenève’s residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villechenève?
36, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villechenève?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villechenève?
€26,090 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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