Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 143 residents and lies in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
At under 1,000 residents, La Chomette is too small for the grades other French towns get. 13% of homes here are second homes.
The one thing La Chomette does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Chomette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Roch, in Domeyrat, 2.1 mi away.
25% 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 Chomette.
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.7%, below both Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of La Chomette by age and the one in the middle is 51. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Chomette | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 28% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below Haute-Loire’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The census found 7.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. At the census, 10.8% of working residents in La Chomette didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 9 homes in La Chomette. A house rents for an estimated €6.66/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near La Chomette. Best known first.
Nothing in La Chomette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Chomette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chomette | 143 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brioude | 6,527 | 6.4 | B− | A | D | B |
| Langeac | 3,499 | 9.1 | A+ | A | A− | B |
| Sainte-Florine | 3,283 | 14 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Brassac-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme | 3,412 | 15 | B | A | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Chomette is a commune of 143 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 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.