Chamarande has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,926/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Entre Juine et Renarde (CCEJR). Its strongest is jobs & income (B): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Chamarande 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Chamarande: 19% were built before 1919, more than in Essonne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Chamarande sits above both Essonne’s towns (3.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Chamarande: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Chamarande is Domaine de Chamarande.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Chamarande sees 85 deaths per 100 expected, against 79 in Essonne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 59 residents of Chamarande died, against 69 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Chamarande · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
5.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier
86.4 · 82.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Essonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Chamarande is better off than Essonne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €32,470 a year per consumption unit
That puts Chamarande above both Essonne’s towns (€29,720) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 29.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
30%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving66%
Public transport26%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Chamarande, 0.4 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chamarande
Is Chamarande safe?
Chamarande has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 9 recorded violent incidents and 16.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Chamarande good?
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chamarande expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,926/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chamarande grades C for cost of living.
About Chamarande
Commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
Chamarande is a commune of 1,089 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Juine et Renarde (CCEJR). 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
1,089 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Entre Juine et Renarde (CCEJR)
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.
