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Over-65s are 38% of the population. 2,803 people call this town in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes change hands at a median €1,273/m².
Le Cheylard has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Le Cheylard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Cheylard 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.
Le Cheylard has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Cheylard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Oppidum de la Fare, in Saint-Andéol-de-Fourchades, 5.8 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Cheylard.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Ardèche costs less to buy into than Le Cheylard, at €1,273/m², the lowest of 22. Houses sell for €1,484/m² here, apartments for €1,029/m². A house rents for an estimated €6.79/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,484/m² | 48 |
| Apartments | €1,029/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults. Children under 15 make up 12%, below Ardèche’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Le Cheylard | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Median disposable income comes to €24,550 a year per consumption unit. For its 950 residents in work, Le Cheylard has 2,000 jobs: 2.1 each. 10.8% of the labour force were unemployed, between Ardèche’s towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 100% of 20 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. On results, collèges and lycées here come #18 of 21 in Ardèche. At the lycées within 5 km of Le Cheylard, 94.3% passed the bac, near Ardèche’s towns (94.1%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les Deux ValléesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 66 | 88%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent du CheylardNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 86 | 93%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
9 GPs practise in Le Cheylard. Its two care homes for older people (99 places) count their residents as Le Cheylard’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 509 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 561, 10% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Le Cheylard is Centre hospitalier de Privas Ardeche, 14.5 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Le Cheylard. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de La Chèzein townMuseumMuseumArche des métiersin townMuseumMuseumLa Maison du Bijouin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Motte2.9 km southwest, in AcconsChâteauChâteauChâteau de Rochebonne4.6 km northwest, in Saint-Martin-de-ValamasRuinsRuinsChâteau de Brion3 km west, in JaunacPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Le Cheylard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Le Cheylard.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Cheylard | 2,803 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon Haute-Loire | 2,501 | 12 | — | A− | — | B |
| Privas | 8,538 | 15 | B− | A− | C | C |
| Tence Haute-Loire | 3,111 | 16 | — | A | — | C |
| Vals-les-Bains | 3,474 | 17 | A− | B | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Cheylard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns and #18 of 21 in Ardèche. 93% of 86 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent du Cheylard in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Cheylard grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le Cheylard is a commune of 2,803 people in the Communauté de communes Val Eyrieux. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.