Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,353 people call this town in Haute-Marne, Grand Est home.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on walkability as well: four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are its weak spot (D) — brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Health is weaker too (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Chalindrey 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 2 things Chalindrey does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chalindrey 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.
Chalindrey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Chalindrey has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1975.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chalindrey.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.68/m² a month, near Haute-Marne’s towns (€8.74/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.18/m² a month. Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,017/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 5.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri VincenotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 41 | 83%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Haute-Marne: 84.1 years for women, 77.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. After the care-home adjustment, Chalindrey’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, close to Haute-Marne’s towns (101) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 282 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 286, 1% more. The nearest emergency department to Chalindrey is Centre hospitalier de Langres, 6.3 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Half of residents lived on more than €23,470 a year per consumption unit, close to Haute-Marne’s towns (€22,675) and below compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 11.5%. Jobs located in Chalindrey: 1,050, for 900 residents in work (1.2 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, below Haute-Marne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 28% of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Chalindrey | Haute-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 29% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 40% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Chalindrey has 2 historic monuments 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
In 2025, 55 offenses were recorded in Chalindrey. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.6 violent offenses and 14.7 graded property crimes a year. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (9.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The list names few of Chalindrey’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Fort Vercingétorix de Cognelot: Photo: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0
One notable person was born in Chalindrey.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalindrey | 2,353 | — | — | A | B− | C− |
| Langres | 7,421 | 6.1 | C | A | D | C |
| Nogent | 3,550 | 16 | A− | A+ | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chalindrey grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Chalindrey is a commune of 2,353 people in the Communauté de communes des Savoir-Faire. 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.