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Le ChaffalDrôme

A town of 35 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Le Chaffal a good place to live?

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

What makes Le Chaffal stand out

The 2 things Le Chaffal does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Le Chaffal

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

The nearest classé monument is Église abbatiale Sainte-Marie (ancienne), in Léoncel, 1.8 mi away.

0% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Chaffal.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Le Chaffal than in Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 5.7% are under 15

The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%. 40% of residents are 65 or over, above both Drôme’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 28% of adults.

57.5median age
Le ChaffalDrôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

37% women, 63% men

About 59 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Chaffal
Le ChaffalDrôme medianFrance median
Under 155.7%18%17%
15–2411%9.8%11%
25–4417%23%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+40%23%22%
No diploma25%20%19%
CAP or BEP22%25%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education28%32%30%

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

Work & commute

Le Chaffal has lower unemployment than Drôme’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3%

At the census, 5.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving78%
On foot6%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Le Chaffal, 0.7 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
17%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Le Chaffal than in Drôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.90/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 1 homes in Le Chaffal.

€9.90/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Chaffal€9.90/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Drôme median€11.33/m²
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.81 to €12.55/m² a month)
€10.75/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 Le Chaffal

11pages on Le Chaffal

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Le Chaffal

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Chaffal yet.

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Le Chaffal’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 →
ChabeuilMontélierChatuzange-le-GoubetSaint-Jean-en-RoyansAlixanMontmeyranChabeuilMontélierChatuzange-le-GoubetSaint-Jean-en-RoyansAlixanMontmeyranLe Chaffal
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Chaffal35—————
Chabeuil6,8338.6A−CBB−
Montélier4,3238.8A+CAA+
Chatuzange-le-Goubet6,52310A−C−A+A
Saint-Jean-en-Royans2,87410BB+AC
Alixan2,72911BC+C−A−
Montmeyran2,96011C+CAB

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

About Le Chaffal

Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Le Chaffal is a commune of 35 people in the Communauté de communes du Royans-Vercors. 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
35 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Royans-Vercors
Département
Drôme (26)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.5 sq mi (11.7 km²)
INSEE code
26066

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.