A higher share of couples with children than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Chaudenay has 0.6%. Census day 2023: 1,116 residents and 460 households here. 4.8% of homes are flats. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 81% of compared French towns: 26%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Chaudenay
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 6.4% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chaudenay changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 56% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
Chaudenay ranks below 80% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chaudenay 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Chaudenay’s residents are under 43, younger than in 58% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 20% in the town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
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
The share of single-parent households trails 94% of compared French towns: 6.4%. On average, 2.5 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
3.7% of households have no car, below 96% 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
The share of empty homes is 5.4%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, 5% of homes are second homes, more than in 77% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €27,940 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,940 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns, at 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Chaudenay. 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).
Fewer immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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.
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. By way of 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.
In Chaudenay, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Chaudenay has 49%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Roughly three in ten: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,116 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Chaudenay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaudenay | 43 | 20% | 5% | 1.4% |
| Chagny 5,350 · 1.8 mi | 48 | 25% | 1.6% | 5.8% |
| Champforgeuil 2,637 · 7 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Gergy 2,566 · 7.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.7% | 3.1% |
| Beaune 20,352 · 8 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 8.3 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 9% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 9 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
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 Chaudenay
What is the population of Chaudenay?
1,116 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,079).
How old are Chaudenay’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaudenay?
25, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaudenay?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaudenay?
€27,940 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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