18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (43%), Chantraine is above just over two thirds of compared French towns. The town is home to 3,198 residents in 1,660 households, by the 2023 Census. In Chantraine, 9.8% of residents are 15 to 24. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 62% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 65% 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 Vosges town −6%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, ±0%.
A median age of 48.1: Chantraine is older than 75% 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
■ Chantraine 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Chantraine ranks above 83% of compared French towns on one-person households: 45%
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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 61% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
More households in social housing than 56% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.6%. The usual figure: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 15% of households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. At 1.4%, the share of second homes is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,020 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,020 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 71% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents.
Above 60% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
With households headed by a retired person at 34%, Chantraine is ahead of 58% of compared French towns on that count. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.9% of residents are immigrants, below 74% 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.
The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 2.2% of the total. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Fewer married residents than 65% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Put another way, about one in four: just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 85% 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
Here 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,179 to 3,219 people: this is the 17th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Salomé is the youngest (38.2); Meschers-sur-Gironde the oldest (66.1).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Chantraine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantraine | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 1.1 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 1.6 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 5.6 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 8.7 mi | 47 | 27% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 9.8 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 11.3 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
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 Chantraine
What is the population of Chantraine?
3,198 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (3,161).
How old are Chantraine’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chantraine?
25, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chantraine?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 70 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chantraine?
€28,020 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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