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A town of 1,078 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Chaveyriat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Chaveyriat with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Chaveyriat; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1947.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chaveyriat.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 54 residents of Chaveyriat died, against 78 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. Women in Ain live to 85.9 on average and men to 82 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Chaveyriat is Centre hospitalier de Bourg En Bresse Fleyriat, 7.5 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
Unemployment runs at 5.4%. 4.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Ain’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. For its 500 residents in work, Chaveyriat has 200 jobs: 0.4 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 21% of residents. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below Ain’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 28% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Chaveyriat | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 95% were houses. Sales in Chaveyriat from July 2023 to June 2026: 19 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 12th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Chaveyriat; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Chaveyriat has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chaveyriat yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaveyriat | 1,078 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| Vonnas | 3,255 | 3.4 | A− | B | B+ | A− |
| Polliat | 2,741 | 4.9 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg | 6,160 | 6.8 | A | C+ | B | A |
| Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne | 5,250 | 7.3 | B− | B− | C | C |
| Péronnas | 6,444 | 7.5 | A | C+ | B | A |
| Attignat | 3,409 | 7.8 | — | B− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chaveyriat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chaveyriat is a commune of 1,078 people in the Communauté de communes de la Veyle. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.