Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,065 people, lies in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
The weak point is jobs & income — 1.1 jobs per working resident; 10.7% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and C+ for walkability. Cost of living is weaker too: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 38% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Chevanceaux 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 Chevanceaux 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.
Chevanceaux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Chevanceaux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1969.
23% 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 Chevanceaux.
People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, between Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15. Aged 15 to 24: 10% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Chevanceaux | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Chevanceaux from July 2023 to June 2026: 22 houses and apartments. Houses made up 95% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €7.86/m² a month.
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.
Chevanceaux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
5.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. At the census, 10.2% of working residents in Chevanceaux didn’t travel to work at all. Unemployment stands at 10.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Charente-Maritime, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 110 residents of Chevanceaux died, against 124 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Chevanceaux is Ch Hopitaux Sud Charente, 12.7 mi away. 3 GPs practise here.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The commonest graded crime in Chevanceaux was criminal damage (2025). Over 2025, Chevanceaux logged 23 recorded offenses. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 10.2 violent offenses and 16.8 graded property crimes a year.
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 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 (35.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Chevanceaux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Chaux: Photo: Jacques DASSIÉ · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Chevanceaux.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevanceaux | 1,065 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Montendre | 3,222 | 8.3 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire Charente | 4,726 | 12 | B− | B+ | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 2,586 | 14 | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Jonzac | 3,602 | 14 | D | C+ | D− | D |
| Laruscade Gironde | 2,811 | 14 | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-Savin Gironde | 3,582 | 15 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chevanceaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chevanceaux is a commune of 1,065 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Saintonge. 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 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.