Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 273 residents in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
There are no grades for Chavaniac-Lafayette: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up just over a third of its housing.
The one thing Chavaniac-Lafayette does most differently from other towns.
Chavaniac-Lafayette has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chavaniac-Lafayette.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century. Chavaniac-Lafayette has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Chavaniac-Lafayette has a median age of 49.4 years. A quarter of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 28% of adults, higher than Haute-Loire’s towns (27%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Chavaniac-Lafayette | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
50 jobs are based in Chavaniac-Lafayette, for 100 working residents (0.5 per worker). The median disposable income was €24,990 a year per consumption unit, close to both Haute-Loire’s towns (€25,730) and compared French towns (€25,970). 8.4% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Chavaniac-Lafayette: 15 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Chavaniac-Lafayette. Best known first.
Chavaniac-Lafayette has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Chavaniac: Photo: Eponimm · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Chavaniac-Lafayette as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chavaniac-Lafayette | 273 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Langeac | 3,499 | 5.8 | A+ | A | A− | B |
| Brioude | 6,527 | 14 | B− | A | D | B |
| Polignac | 2,819 | 15 | — | B+ | — | B |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel | 3,585 | 16 | A+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Vals-près-le-Puy | 3,395 | 17 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
| Chadrac | 2,542 | 17 | — | B | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chavaniac-Lafayette is a commune of 273 people in the Communauté de communes des Rives du Haut Allier. 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) · 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 9, 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.