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ChamalocDrôme

A town of 119 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Chamaloc a good place to live?

Chamaloc is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Chamaloc stand out

The one thing Chamaloc does most differently from other towns.

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Chamaloc’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Chamaloc’s story

No historic monuments in Chamaloc

The Culture ministry lists no building in Chamaloc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Porte Saint-Marcel, in Die, 3.3 mi away.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chamaloc.

Who lives here

Few people in Chamaloc are 15 to 24: 7.4%, fewer than in Drôme’s towns and compared French towns

Chamaloc sits below both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Over-65s are 27% of the population.

49.8median age
ChamalocDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma8%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat29%
Higher education43%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Chamaloc
ChamalocDrôme medianFrance median
Under 1515%18%17%
15–247.4%9.8%11%
25–4424%23%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+27%23%22%
No diploma8.2%20%19%
CAP or BEP15%25%26%
Baccalauréat29%18%18%
Higher education43%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Chamaloc than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €20,690 a year per consumption unit

That puts Chamaloc below both Drôme’s towns (€25,300) and compared French towns (€25,970). Chamaloc has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 5.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Chamaloc, 0.4 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Chamaloc is €10.95/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€10.95/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Chamaloc€10.95/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€10.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.17 to €14.67/m² a month)
€8.27/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Chamaloc

11pages on Chamaloc

Landmarks

Nothing in Chamaloc is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Chamaloc

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chamaloc yet.

How we find them →

Chamaloc’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Drôme →
DieSaint-Jean-en-RoyansAouste-sur-SyeDieSaint-Jean-en-RoyansAouste-sur-SyeChamaloc
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Chamaloc119—————
Die4,8443.1C−C−DB−
Saint-Jean-en-Royans2,87416BB+AC
Aouste-sur-Sye2,73317C+CB−A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Chamaloc

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Chamaloc is a commune of 119 people in the Communauté de communes du Diois. 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

Population
119 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Diois
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
8.5 sq mi (22.1 km²)
INSEE code
26069

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.