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Home to 578 people, this town lies in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
La Chèze isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. It skews older: 30% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing La Chèze does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Chèze, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2005.
Jean II de Rohan, born in 1452, is the one person born in La Chèze before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Chèze.
14% are under 15, lower than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| La Chèze | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 10% of the total, close to Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (10%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.0% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 12.6%, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). La Chèze has 100 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.5 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in La Chèze from July 2023 to June 2026: 28 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
La Chèze has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ruines du château de La Chèze: Photo: Farz brujunet · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in La Chèze.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chèze | 578 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plémet | 3,764 | 4.2 | A | A | A | C+ |
| Loudéac | 9,987 | 5.5 | B+ | B | C | B |
| Noyal-Pontivy Morbihan | 3,606 | 12 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Le Mené | 6,556 | 12 | A | A | A | B |
| Merdrignac | 3,139 | 12 | A− | A− | B− | B+ |
| Josselin Morbihan | 2,584 | 13 | B | B+ | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
La Chèze is a commune of 578 people in the Communauté de communes Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. 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 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.