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A town of 1,115 in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 27% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is walkability (D−). Just 11% of residents are 65 or older.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. La Chapelle-d'Aurec has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing La Chapelle-d'Aurec does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Chapelle-d'Aurec 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.
La Chapelle-d'Aurec has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in La Chapelle-d'Aurec as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Unité d'habitation construite par Le Corbusier, in Firminy, 4.6 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Chapelle-d'Aurec.
Among adults, 37% have a degree. One in ten residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of La Chapelle-d'Aurec are older than 38.5.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Chapelle-d'Aurec | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 26% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 15 homes in La Chapelle-d'Aurec.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 2.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Haute-Loire’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. For its 550 residents in work, La Chapelle-d'Aurec has 300 jobs: 0.5 each. After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,690 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haute-Loire, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 28 deaths in La Chapelle-d'Aurec between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 39: 29% below. The nearest emergency department to La Chapelle-d'Aurec is Centre hospitalier de Firminy, 5.4 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of La Chapelle-d'Aurec, 98.0% passed the bac, higher than both Haute-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de la Faye PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 95%±0 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Notre-Dame du Château PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 243 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near La Chapelle-d'Aurec. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau d'Aurec3.9 km north, in Aurec-sur-LoireChâteauChâteauChâteau de Martinas3 km southwest, in Monistrol-sur-LoireMuseumMuseumMusée de la Faulx2.7 km east, in Pont-SalomonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chazourne4.2 km northwest, in Aurec-sur-LoireChâteauChâteauChâteau du Moine Sacristain3.9 km north, in Aurec-sur-LoirePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in La Chapelle-d'Aurec is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Chapelle-d'Aurec yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-d'Aurec | 1,115 | — | — | A+ | — | A |
| Aurec-sur-Loire | 6,164 | 2.5 | A | A− | A− | B+ |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire | 8,823 | 3.5 | A− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Didier-en-Velay | 3,523 | 3.8 | A+ | A | A+ | B |
| Fraisses Loire | 3,872 | 4.5 | B+ | B | B+ | B |
| Bas-en-Basset | 4,638 | 5 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
| Saint-Just-Malmont | 4,239 | 5.1 | B+ | A− | A+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Chapelle-d'Aurec has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns. 98% of 243 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Notre-Dame du Château in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Chapelle-d'Aurec is a commune of 1,115 people in the Communauté de communes Marches du Velay-Rochebaron. 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.