A lower share of households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
31% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). At the 2023 Census Cheniménil was home to 1,210 people in 510 households. The census found that 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 78% 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.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 57% 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
Here the change came as +4% to 2017, then −1% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −6% in Vosges.
Younger than 62% of compared French towns: half of Cheniménil is under 42.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cheniménil 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Cheniménil has 24%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns: 6.8%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. Fewer one-person households than in 67% of compared French towns: 32%. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Fewer households without a car than 78% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 26% of homes are flats here. Empty homes are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Here, 1.4% of homes are second homes.
Median standard of living: €26,720 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,720 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 62% of compared French towns: 30%
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
For Cheniménil, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 8.9%. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.6%, a lower share than 85% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Cheniménil has 2.1%. Across the 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.
Cheniménil sits below 96% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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
The share of married residents is 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 23% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 26%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Cheniménil is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheniménil | 42.5 | 24% | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 3.1 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 7 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 7.2 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 7.3 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,818 · 7.7 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 4.2% | 7.3% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 8.2 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
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 Cheniménil
What is the population of Cheniménil?
1,210 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,174).
How old are Cheniménil’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cheniménil?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cheniménil?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cheniménil?
€26,720 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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