La Charmée ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 0.9%
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in La Charmée, 2.1%. Fewer one-person households than in 98% of compared French towns: 22%. 681 residents in 290 households: that is La Charmée at the 2023 Census. For La Charmée, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.2%.
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.
Since 2012, La Charmée has changed by −2%, slower than 76% 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
The median Saône-et-Loire town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −2%.
Older than 82% of compared French towns: half of La Charmée is over 49.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Charmée 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; La Charmée has 26%.
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%.
3.3% of households are single parents, below 99% 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 figure for couples with children is 32% in La Charmée and 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
La Charmée sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.3%)
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
Flats: 3% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, 3.8% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 69% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
€29,930 a year: the median standard of living
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 La Charmée’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,930 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
In La Charmée, 19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 86% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person here. About one in eight: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in La Charmée (13%). The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 0.7% in La Charmée, less than in 98% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, La Charmée has 2.2%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 89% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
13% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in La Charmée comes in at 54%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 7.7% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (38%), La Charmée is above three quarters of compared French towns. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 681 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than La Charmée: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Charmée | 49.7 | 26% | 3.8% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 3.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
| Givry 3,598 · 4.8 mi | 51.2 | 28% | 4.1% | 2.4% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 5.1 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 9% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 5.5 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 6 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 6.6 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
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 La Charmée
What is the population of La Charmée?
681 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (692).
How old are La Charmée’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Charmée?
12, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Charmée?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Charmée?
€29,930 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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