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The town, home to 2,542 people, lies in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Chadrac’s standout strength is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,025/m² costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. People aged 65 and over make up 32% of residents.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Chadrac has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Chadrac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chadrac 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.
Chadrac has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chadrac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont de la Chartreuse, in Brives-Charensac, 1 mi away.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Chadrac. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay2.1 km southwest, in Le Puy-en-Velay
MuseumMusée Crozatier2.9 km southwest, in Le Puy-en-Velay
Historic houseHôtel de Girardin et de Luzy2 km southwest, in Le Puy-en-VelayMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent Sainte-Claire2.1 km southwest, in Le Puy-en-VelayMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent de la Visitation du Puy-en-Velay2.1 km southwest, in Le Puy-en-VelayPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chadrac.
850 jobs are based in Chadrac, for 900 working residents (0.9 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €26,560 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Haute-Loire’s towns (€25,730) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 2.5% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.6% of residents, below Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Half the people of Chadrac are older than 53.1. Graduates make up 28% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Chadrac | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Loire is 85.7 years for women and 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 299 deaths in Chadrac from 2016 to 2025; there were 230, 23% fewer. The town has 5 family doctors.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Chadrac, 95.9% passed the bac, close to Haute-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). School results put the town #6 of 19 in Haute-Loire. The closest collège is 0.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La Chartreuse PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 79 | 97%+2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé La Chartreuse Paradis PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 141 | 99%±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-Louis PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 82 | 100%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,025/m², comes from 58 sales of houses and apartments in Chadrac from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 72% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.36/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,102/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Chadrac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Chadrac.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chadrac | 2,542 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Brives-Charensac | 4,244 | 1.5 | A | A− | B+ | B |
| Le Puy-en-Velay | 18,540 | 1.6 | B | A− | D | C |
| Polignac | 2,819 | 1.9 | — | B+ | — | B |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel | 3,585 | 1.9 | A+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Vals-près-le-Puy | 3,395 | 2.5 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade | 3,432 | 3.5 | — | B+ | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chadrac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns and #6 of 19 in Haute-Loire. 99% of 141 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé La Chartreuse Paradis in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,025/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chadrac grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chadrac is a commune of 2,542 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 4, 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.