Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.2%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Champforgeuil. The 2023 Census counted 2,637 residents in 1,100 households. In Champforgeuil, nearly a fifth of households rent social housing (HLM). With a median age of 42.1, Champforgeuil is younger than nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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.
Champforgeuil grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 73% 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 +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
In Champforgeuil, 23% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 56% 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
■ Champforgeuil 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Champforgeuil ranks below 67% of compared French towns on one-person households: 32%
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.4 people share a household. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. 10% of households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
7.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 68% 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
On second homes, 1.3% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 21%.
The median resident lives on €22,730 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €22,730 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 84% of compared French towns. 19.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Here 38% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 11%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 7% of residents are foreign nationals in Champforgeuil. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 50% in Champforgeuil, more than in 90% 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 single residents is 22% in Champforgeuil and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Champforgeuil
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 22%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Bourguébus is the youngest (34.6); Longeville-sur-Mer the oldest (62.9).
Around Champforgeuil, 5 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champforgeuil | 42.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 1.9 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 9% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 2 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 3.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 4 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Givry 3,598 · 5.1 mi | 51.2 | 28% | 4.1% | 2.4% |
| Gergy 2,566 · 6.2 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.7% | 3.1% |
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 Champforgeuil
What is the population of Champforgeuil?
2,637 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (2,374).
How old are Champforgeuil’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champforgeuil?
15, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champforgeuil?
INSEE counts 290 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 190 foreign nationals (7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champforgeuil?
€22,730 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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