3.6% of homes are flats, below 98% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Chevannes comes in at 39%. About one in 12: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Chevannes (8.6%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. This Yonne town is home to 2,137 residents in 980 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 Chevannes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Chevannes had 2,339 residents at the 2012 census and 2,137 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −9% since 2012, behind 96% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Yonne town −4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −7%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Half of Chevannes is over 48.6, older than 78% 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
■ Chevannes 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 26% in Chevannes and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 78% of compared French towns: 30%
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
The average household has 2.2 people. 7.8% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In Chevannes, just over a quarter of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 5.3% of households have no car in Chevannes
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
Without a car: one household in 19, against 11% in the median compared French town. 6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 30% have been in their home 30 years or more. Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 6.2% of homes stand empty.
Median standard of living: €27,780 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,780 a year: higher than in 69% of compared French towns. 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Chevannes sits below 74% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (10%)
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 12. Across the comparison, 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).
2.7% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 1.3% in Chevannes and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents make up 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Chevannes
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 account for 30%. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,137 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Chevannes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Chevannes
What is the population of Chevannes?
2,137 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (2,339).
How old are Chevannes’ residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chevannes?
21, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chevannes?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chevannes?
€27,780 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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