Chancelade grades A− overall: better than 81% of compared French towns, and #8 of 27 in Dordogne. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,836/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 12 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Chancelade 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 Chancelade.
Who lives here
An older town: 32% of residents are 65 or over
Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about level with Dordogne’s towns (9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
52.3median age
ChanceladeDordogne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Dordogne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Chancelade than in 78% of compared French towns
The police record for Chancelade lists 68 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
3.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary34
Criminal damage23
Family violence11
Fraud29
Theft without violence26
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.
3.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
68
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 7.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Chancelade than in Dordogne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.43/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,836/m²: 160 houses and apartments sold in Chancelade between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 94% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,836/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chancelade€1,836/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Dordogne median€1,680/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,839/m²
151
€9.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.47 to €11.91/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Chancelade, 8.7%, runs below Dordogne’s towns and compared French towns
At the census, 7.3% of commuters got to work without a car. Chancelade has 1,250 jobs for 1,750 working residents, 0.7 per worker. After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,350 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
1,250
jobs based in Chancelade, 0.7 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 28% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Chancelade has 3 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 6.2% of the total, lower than both Dordogne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (7.4%). A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2001. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Chancelade is Abri de Raymonden I.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
84.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 2.3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #8 of 27 in Dordogne. For collège, the closest is 1.3 mi away. At the lycées within 5 km of Chancelade, 93.6% passed the bac, in line with Dordogne’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
99%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Chancelade has a higher adjusted death rate than 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
5 GPs practise in Chancelade. In Dordogne, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.2 years for women and 79.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 447 residents of Chancelade died, against 506 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Chancelade · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Francheville
3.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Perigueux
85.2 · 79.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Dordogne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chancelade
Is Chancelade safe?
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 27 in Dordogne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 34 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Chancelade good?
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #8 of 27 in Dordogne. The lycée stands out: 99% of 186 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Albert Claveille in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chancelade expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,836/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chancelade grades B+ for cost of living.
About Chancelade
Commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chancelade is a commune of 4,468 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Périgueux. 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.
