, the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. The population was made up of 514 Swiss men (45.4% of the population) and 51 (4.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 526 Swiss women (46.5%) and 40 (3.5%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 193 or about 28.1% were born in Cheyres and lived there in 2000. There were 103 or 15.0% who were born in the same canton, while 290 or 42.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 73 or 10.6% were born outside of Switzerland.