Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 2,501 residents in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health, B− for jobs & income and B for walkability. 36% of its homes are second homes. 38% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Le Chambon-sur-Lignon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 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.
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen des Pennes, in Les Vastres, 3.4 mi away.
13% 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 Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults, higher than both Haute-Loire’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 13% of the town. At 57.9, the median resident of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon sits in the middle of the age range.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 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.
Apartments in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon sell for €1,221/m², houses for €1,961/m². The estimated advertised rent is €8.59/m² a month, about level with Haute-Loire’s towns (€8.91/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.13/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,961/m² | 86 |
| Apartments | €1,221/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.6% of the labour force are out of work. Jobs located in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon: 1,100, for 850 residents in work (1.3 each). The census found 14.0% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
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.
At birth, a girl in Haute-Loire can expect 85.7 years and a boy 80 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon has one family doctor. Its care home for older people (67 places) counts its residents as Le Chambon-sur-Lignon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 428 residents of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon died, against 432 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Museums, family days out and other places to visit in and near Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Best known first.
MuseumLieu de mémoire du Chambon-sur-Lignonin townTheme parkTheme parkTeen Ranch Hermonin townAttractionAttractionVelay Expressin townAttractionAttractionPanelier2.3 km west, in Mazet-Saint-VoyMuseumMuseumL'École des Prophètes4.4 km northeast, in TencePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
Gérard Bollon: Laurent56, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon | 2,501 | — | — | A− | — | B |
| Tence | 3,111 | 4 | — | A | — | C |
| Yssingeaux | 7,415 | 11 | A | A− | B | C |
| Dunières | 2,670 | 11 | — | A | — | C+ |
| Le Cheylard Ardèche | 2,803 | 12 | — | A | — | C+ |
| Sainte-Sigolène | 6,097 | 13 | A+ | A | A+ | B− |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon | 2,688 | 14 | — | A− | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Chambon-sur-Lignon grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon is a commune of 2,501 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut-Lignon. 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 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.
