Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,481 residents and lies in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It skews older: 33% of residents are 65 or over.
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns (D): brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Getting around depends on the car: 36% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Chameyrat 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.
The 2 things Chameyrat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chameyrat 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.
Chameyrat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chameyrat, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1963.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chameyrat.
Half of residents lived on more than €27,450 a year per consumption unit, above both Corrèze’s towns (€24,150) and compared French towns (€25,970). 1.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. 200 jobs are based in Chameyrat, for 600 working residents (0.3 per worker). Of those in the labour force, 7.0% are unemployed.
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.
Near Chameyrat, 82.1% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below Corrèze’s towns (85.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.1 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 87%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.76/m² a month, near Corrèze’s towns (€10.24/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.05/m² a month. Chameyrat recorded 31 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,427/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 12% of residents. People 65 and over make up 33% of the town, above Corrèze’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Chameyrat has a median age of 55.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Chameyrat | Corrèze median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Corrèze median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. 9.9% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Corrèze’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 155 residents of Chameyrat died, against 181 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. In Corrèze, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.6 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Chameyrat is Centre hospitalier Coeur de Correze, 3.2 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 · 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−.
Museums and heritage in and near Chameyrat. Best known first.
Chameyrat has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Topobaloo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chameyrat yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Chameyrat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 3.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chameyrat grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chameyrat is a commune of 1,481 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Tulle Agglo. 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 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.