Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,196 residents and lies in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,377/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche Agglo. Getting around depends on the car: nearly a fifth of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Chanos-Curson 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.
Each subject compares Chanos-Curson 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.
Chanos-Curson has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chanos-Curson as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Taurobole en pierre, in Tain-l'Hermitage, 3.9 mi away.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chanos-Curson.
Unemployment stood at 8.6%, below Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Chanos-Curson has 300 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.5 per worker. At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Chanos-Curson didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Drôme: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 88 deaths in Chanos-Curson from 2016 to 2025; there were 69, 21% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Chanos-Curson is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 5.1 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
18% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 20%, above Drôme’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Among adults, 38% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Chanos-Curson | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,377/m², comes from 30 sales of houses and apartments in Chanos-Curson from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.48/m² a month. The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Chanos-Curson, four fifths of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Drôme’s towns (93.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de l'HermitageNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 79 | 95%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel hôtelier de l'HermitageNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 61 | 80%−10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Gardens, heritage and other places to visit in and near Chanos-Curson. Best known first.
Nothing in Chanos-Curson is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Chanos-Curson.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanos-Curson | 1,196 | — | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Mercurol-Veaunes | 2,816 | 1.5 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Tain-l'Hermitage | 5,915 | 3.5 | B | B− | C− | B− |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Isère | 4,281 | 3.7 | B+ | C− | A− | B |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône Ardèche | 11,279 | 4 | B | B | C | C+ |
| Pont-de-l'Isère | 3,681 | 4.3 | D | C | C− | D |
| La Roche-de-Glun | 3,569 | 4.4 | A | C | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chanos-Curson has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 42% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,377/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.87/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chanos-Curson grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chanos-Curson is a commune of 1,196 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche 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.