Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,833 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Chabeuil grades A− overall: better than 77% of compared French towns, and #6 of 36 in Drôme. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results at the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Chabeuil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chabeuil 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chabeuil, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 3 people born in Chabeuil before 1900, the earliest Ennemond Bonnefoy, in 1536.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chabeuil.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Chabeuil is above both Drôme’s towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #1 of 32 in Drôme.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marc SeignobosNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 143 | 94%±0 pts |
| Collège privé François Gondin PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 58 | 98%+1 pt |
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.
In the comparison, Chabeuil comes above both Drôme’s towns (€2,388/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). In Chabeuil, houses go for €2,820/m² and apartments for €2,581/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,820/m² | 162 |
| Apartments | €2,581/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Chabeuil, that is above both Drôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chabeuil, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie recorded 131 offenses in the graded categories in Chabeuil in 2025. For armed robbery, 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, 0.8% of the index here.
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
Chabeuil sits above both Drôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Chabeuil | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 526 residents of Chabeuil died, against 607 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
That puts Chabeuil below both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Chabeuil has 2,150 jobs for 3,100 working residents, 0.7 per worker. The median disposable income is €28,090 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Chabeuil has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Porte de ville: Photo: Kvardek du · CC BY-SA 3.0
4 notable people were born in Chabeuil.
Lauriane Doumbouya: Maayan Toaf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean Espérance Blandine de Laurencin: Briqueloup, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chabeuil | 6,833 | — | A− | C | B | B− |
| Montélier | 4,323 | 2.1 | A+ | C | A | A+ |
| Malissard | 3,294 | 2.9 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence | 4,337 | 4.5 | C+ | C− | A+ | C |
| Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence | 6,176 | 5 | C | C | C− | B+ |
| Alixan | 2,729 | 5 | B | C+ | C− | A− |
| Montmeyran | 2,960 | 5.4 | C+ | C | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #12 of 36 in Drôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 41 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns and #1 of 32 in Drôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.37/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chabeuil grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chabeuil is a commune of 6,833 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans 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 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.