Chalabre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €798/m², a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises. Its strongest is walkability (A): 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Chalabre 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chalabre.
Who lives here
An older town: 40% of people in Chalabre are 65 or over, more than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns
In the comparison, Chalabre comes above both Aude’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 9.6% of the town.
59.5median age
ChalabreAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Incomes in Chalabre run lower than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: a median €20,410 a year per consumption unit
For Chalabre, that is below both Aude’s towns (€23,350) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 19.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Chalabre has 450 jobs for 350 working residents, 1.2 per worker.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
On foot12%
Bicycle5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
450
jobs based in Chalabre, 1.2 per working resident
12.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 91% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Chalabre’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 82% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Chalabre’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, above both Aude’s towns (98) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 377 residents of Chalabre died, against 271 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw139
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Chalabre · 1.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chiva site Lavelanet Ch du Pays D Olmes Hop Proximite
19.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chiva site Saint Jean de Verges
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Chalabre costs less than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.52/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Chalabre sits below both Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €798/m², comes from 45 sales of houses and apartments in Chalabre from July 2023 to June 2026.
€798/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chalabre€798/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€821/m²
42
€9.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.53 to €12.03/m² a month)
2.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€20,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Chalabre: 27% were built before 1919, more than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Chalabre above both Aude’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2023. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Chalabre: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chalabre
Is Chalabre safe?
Chalabre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Chalabre expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €798/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chalabre grades B+ for cost of living.
About Chalabre
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Chalabre is a commune of 1,084 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises. 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
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.
