Cherves ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.6%
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 81% of compared French towns: 39%. At the 2023 Census, 529 people lived in Cherves, in 250 households. Single-parent households make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). The median age in the town is 49.2, higher than in four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Cherves
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cherves, 10% of its 320 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cherves had 567 residents at the 2012 census and 529 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 39 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 10% of homes are second homes
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
Here 15% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Empty homes are more common here than in 89% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 6.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Cherves changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 92% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Vienne town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 75% of compared French towns: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cherves 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.8%, below two thirds of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Cherves, 38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 61% 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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €22,270 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €22,270 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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 83% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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.
The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Cherves, 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married and 9.5% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6.2% are widowed. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Cherves comes in at 22%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 529 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Cherves, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherves | 49.2 | 27% | 10% | 2.9% |
| Vouillé 3,697 · 8.3 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Neuville-de-Poitou 5,513 · 10.6 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Cissé 2,869 · 11.1 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Boivre-la-Vallée 3,024 · 11.2 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu 5,713 · 11.9 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.7% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 12 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
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 Cherves
What is the population of Cherves?
529 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (567).
How old are Cherves’ residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cherves?
33, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cherves?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cherves?
€22,270 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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