Saint-Chaptes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 12.1% unemployment. At the median price of €2,401/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Chaptes 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 Saint-Chaptes: 14% were built before 1919, more than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Saint-Chaptes comes above both Gard’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Chaptes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Saint-Chaptes is Domaine de la Tour.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 22% are 65 or over, against 9.5% and 24% in the median compared commune of Gard. 28% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Gard 27%, France 30%).
46median age
Saint-ChaptesGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Saint-Chaptes’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 50% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 221 residents of Saint-Chaptes died, against 203 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. Its care home for older people (38 places) counts its residents as Saint-Chaptes’; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Chaptes · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupe Hopitalier Caremeau Chu Nimes Territoire Nimes
10.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupe Hopitalier Caremeau Chu Nimes Territoire Nimes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Chaptes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 18 offenses in the graded categories in Saint-Chaptes in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 45.8% of the index here.
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary11
Criminal damage7
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
45.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Chaptes
Is Saint-Chaptes safe?
Saint-Chaptes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 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 11 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-Chaptes expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.90/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Chaptes grades C− for cost of living.
About Saint-Chaptes
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Saint-Chaptes is a commune of 2,055 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole. 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.
