Only 2.6% of homes are flats in La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse
The share of one-person households is 24%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse’s 250 households held 667 residents at the 2023 Census. 9.1% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse
Growing fast
La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse had 569 residents at the 2012 census and 667 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse grew +17% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 86% 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 +10% to 2017, then +7% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Yonne.
La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse ranks below 82% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse’s residents are under 43.5, younger than in 54% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns: 6%
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 typical household size is 2.5 people. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse, nearly a third of households are couples with children.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 4.8% of households have no car
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 15%. La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse has more empty homes than 69% of compared French towns, at 8.5%. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €28,530 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 €28,530 a year: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 28%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 22% in La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse and 32% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Across La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse, 8% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.7% in La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse, less than in 75% 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 Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. The census found that 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals in La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse. The usual figure: 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.
A lower share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 45% in La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 78% of compared French towns: 14%
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 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse | 43.5 | 22% | 9.1% | 3.7% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 4.8 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 5.3 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Sens 27,106 · 6.7 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Paron 4,834 · 7.9 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard 3,455 · 11.6 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 4.2% | 7.8% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 14.6 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
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 La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse
What is the population of La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse?
667 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (569).
How old are La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse?
28, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse?
€28,530 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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