Homes are affordable (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add health to its strengths (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for walkability — half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Chantemerle-les-Blés 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 Chantemerle-les-Blés 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Église · Classé · Photo: FredSeiller · CC BY-SA 4.0
Chantemerle-les-Blés’ story
Chantemerle-les-Blés in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Chantemerle-les-Blés: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1905.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chantemerle-les-Blés.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Chantemerle-les-Blés is harder to get around on foot than nine in ten compared French towns
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,310 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 3.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 7.1% of the labour force are out of work. 150 jobs are based in Chantemerle-les-Blés, for 600 working residents (0.3 per worker).
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Chantemerle-les-Blés, 0.3 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 7% of compared French towns
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 21% of Chantemerle-les-Blés, above Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. Line up the people of Chantemerle-les-Blés by age and the one in the middle is 41.2.
41.2median age
Chantemerle-les-BlésDrôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Chantemerle-les-Blés’ ages would predict, 80 per 100 expected, under Drôme’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 83 deaths in Chantemerle-les-Blés from 2016 to 2025; there were 66, 20% fewer. Average lifespans in Drôme: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Chantemerle-les-Blés is Hopitaux Drome Nord Saint Vallier, 5.5 mi away.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Chantemerle-les-Blés · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Drome Nord Saint Vallier
7.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Drôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Chantemerle-les-Blés keeps more of its old housing than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Chantemerle-les-Blés: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chantemerle-les-Blés
Is Chantemerle-les-Blés safe?
Chantemerle-les-Blés has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Chantemerle-les-Blés
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chantemerle-les-Blés is a commune of 1,343 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
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.
