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CheyladeCantal

A town of 230 in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Cheylade a good place to live?

Cheylade is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Cheylade stand out

The 2 things Cheylade does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Léger
Église Saint-Léger · Classé · Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cheylade’s story

Cheylade in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Cheylade: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1963.

42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1963First protected: Église Saint-Léger
  • 1994Most recently protected: Château d'Escorolles
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cheylade.

Who lives here

Cheylade has fewer young adults than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 5.3% are 15 to 24

Cheylade sits below both Cantal’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. People 65 and over make up 38% of the town.

56.5median age
CheyladeCantal medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cheylade
CheyladeCantal medianFrance median
Under 1510%12%17%
15–245.3%10%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6426%27%26%
65+38%28%22%
No diploma16%20%19%
CAP or BEP28%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education26%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Cheylade: 42% were built before 1919, more than in Cantal’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

That puts Cheylade above both Cantal’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Cheylade: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Cheylade is Église Saint-Léger.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1963
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Cheylade than in Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €21,320 a year per consumption unit

On this, Cheylade is below both Cantal’s towns (€24,340) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Cheylade has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.6 per worker.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving78%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Cheylade, 0.6 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
15%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Cheylade than in Cantal’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.49/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

In the comparison, Cheylade comes below both Cantal’s towns (€9.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€7.49/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cheylade€7.49/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cantal median€9.36/m²
€7.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.78 to €9.71/m² a month)
€6.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cheylade

12pages on Cheylade

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Cheylade: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château d'Escorolles: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oratoire du Sartre: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Cheylade

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cheylade yet.

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About Cheylade

Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Cheylade is a commune of 230 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Gentiane. 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

Population
230 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Gentiane
Département
Cantal (15)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
12.6 sq mi (32.7 km²)
INSEE code
15049

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.