Only 1.1% of homes are flats in Xanton-Chassenon
A fifth of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. The 2023 Census put Xanton-Chassenon’s population at 743, in 310 households. The census found that 2.7% of households have no car locally. The town has more second homes than 87% of compared French towns, at 9.5%.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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 +2% since 2012 leaves Xanton-Chassenon behind 61% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vendée town +9%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Xanton-Chassenon ranks below 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Xanton-Chassenon 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.7, Xanton-Chassenon is younger than 61% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 66% of compared French towns: 28%
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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Xanton-Chassenon has 12%. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Fewer households in social housing than 85% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9% (under two years). The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Xanton-Chassenon sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median of €24,800 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.
Half of Xanton-Chassenon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,800 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Xanton-Chassenon has 27%. Here, 6.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Typically, 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).
Immigrants make up 2.6% in Xanton-Chassenon, less than in 86% 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.
1.9% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 13% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Xanton-Chassenon has 54%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Xanton-Chassenon sits below 68% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (25%)
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
On the census count, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 743 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).
Xanton-Chassenon is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xanton-Chassenon | 42.7 | 20% | 9.5% | 2.6% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 4.9 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Benet 4,089 · 7.6 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Magné 2,728 · 12.1 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 13.4 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Échiré 3,549 · 14.2 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Niort 59,854 · 14.4 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 3.3% | 8.5% |
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 Xanton-Chassenon
What is the population of Xanton-Chassenon?
743 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (727).
How old are Xanton-Chassenon’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Xanton-Chassenon?
35, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Xanton-Chassenon?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Xanton-Chassenon?
€24,800 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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