Chef-Haut sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (3.9%)
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Chef-Haut has 7.5%. 9% more people than in 2012. At the 2023 Census, 49 people lived here, in 18 households.
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.
What stands out about the people of Chef-Haut
Empty homes
The census found 6 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Chef-Haut’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chef-Haut grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 66% 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, +7%.
Half of Chef-Haut is over 52.5, older than 90% 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
■ Chef-Haut 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 29%, Chef-Haut is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Chef-Haut, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.7 people on average. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Above 99% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Chef-Haut has more households headed by a retired person than 55% of compared French towns, at 33%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Chef-Haut sits above 74% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (7.8%)
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, Chef-Haut has 7.8%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 48% and 4.8%, and 2.4% are widowed. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Chef-Haut
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
With adults with no qualification at 23%, Chef-Haut is ahead of 67% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 49 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
1 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Chef-Haut
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chef-Haut | 52.5 | 29% | 7.5% | 7.8% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 6.7 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 11.3 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 12.8 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 13.3 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 14.6 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 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 Chef-Haut
What is the population of Chef-Haut?
49 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (45).
How old are Chef-Haut’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chef-Haut?
2, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chef-Haut?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (7.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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