Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Champcevrais is over 64.6
Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Champcevrais has 1.9%. About one in 20: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Champcevrais (5.1%). Fewer couples with children than in 92% of compared French towns: 15%. The town is home to 309 residents in 110 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Champcevrais
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 65 second homes and occasional dwellings in Champcevrais, 36% of its 180 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Champcevrais’ residents are under 64.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 49% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 26% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Champcevrais had 343 residents at the 2012 census and 309 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Champcevrais, 36% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
In Champcevrais, 5% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.4% of homes stand empty. More households without a car than in 54% of compared French towns: 11%.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Champcevrais behind 97% 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
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 49%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Champcevrais 64.6. The median compared French town: 44.
4.4% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 72% of compared French towns: 41%
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.8 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,820 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 median standard of living in Champcevrais is €22,820 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 60% in Champcevrais, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals here. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Champcevrais, 35% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 89% 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
The census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Champcevrais. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 41% in Champcevrais, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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: 24%, below 72% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 309 to 2,582 people
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); Champcevrais the oldest (64.6).
Champcevrais is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champcevrais | 64.6 | 49% | 36% | 3.9% |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 4,900 · 11.7 mi | 56 | 35% | 23% | 3.3% |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson 2,559 · 12.3 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 4.8% | 8.9% |
| Briare 4,911 · 13 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire 3,065 · 15.1 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
| Toucy 2,571 · 15.4 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Gien 13,459 · 15.9 mi | 43.2 | 24% | 5.9% | 19% |
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 Champcevrais
What is the population of Champcevrais?
309 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (343).
How old are Champcevrais’ residents?
The median age is 64.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 7.4% are under 18 and 49% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champcevrais?
65, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champcevrais?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champcevrais?
€22,820 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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