Chambois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Chambois 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chambois.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
On foot, Chambois works less well than 97% of compared French towns
At the census, 3.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Eure’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 7.0% of the labour force are out of work. Chambois has 100 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Chambois, 0.2 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,000
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 3% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Chambois sees more deaths than Eure’s towns or compared French towns: 120 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Chambois comes above both Eure’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 92 residents of Chambois died, against 76 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+20%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted120
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Chambois · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive Pasteur
9.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Saint Louis D Evreux Ch Eure Seine
84.7 · 78.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Eure, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Chambois: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Eure’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Chambois sits above both Eure’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chambois, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Chambois costs less than in Eure’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.49/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Chambois below both Eure’s towns (€11.69/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,845/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Chambois from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,845/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chambois€1,845/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure median€1,989/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,845/m²
39
€10.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.48 to €12.99/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Interco Normandie Sud Eure
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chambois
Is Chambois safe?
Chambois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Chambois expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,845/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chambois grades B for cost of living.
About Chambois
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Chambois is a commune of 1,322 people in the Communauté de communes Interco Normandie Sud Eure. 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.
