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1,911 residents make their home in this town in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Where it does best is cost of living (B+) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas 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.
Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle double des Pénitents, in Chassiers, 3.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas has one family doctor. Women in Ardèche live to 85.9 on average and men to 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 122 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 130: 6% below.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €9.01/m² a month. 24 houses and apartments changed hands in Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 96% were houses.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.5% of the town, below Ardèche’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas has a median age of 42.6. 29% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Median disposable income comes to €24,950 a year per consumption unit. For its 800 residents in work, Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas has 700 jobs: 0.9 each. At the census, 9.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Ardèche’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.2 (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas logged 26 recorded offenses.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (34.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas yet.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas is a commune of 1,911 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin d'Aubenas. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas | 1,911 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon | 2,920 | 2.5 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Aubenas | 12,416 | 4 | B+ | B | D | A− |
| Vals-les-Bains | 3,474 | 7 | A− | B | B+ | B+ |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg | 3,031 | 7.1 | C | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Les Vans | 2,662 | 16 | C | C | C | B |
| Le Teil | 8,726 | 16 | C− | B+ | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
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 November 4, 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.