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Home to 1,003 people, this town lies in Haute-Marne, Grand Est.
Chancenay’s best grade is for cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car (D): 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The local economy is weaker than most (C−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.6% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Chancenay 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 Chancenay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chancenay 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.
Chancenay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chancenay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Ancerville, 2.8 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 Chancenay.
3.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 9.6%, below Haute-Marne’s towns (16.6%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,680 a year per consumption unit.
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.
House rents are put at about €8.36/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 28 homes in Chancenay.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A quarter of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 13%, below Haute-Marne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Over-65s are 27% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Chancenay | Haute-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 29% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Chancenay, 88.3% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Haute-Marne’s towns (93.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 1.8 mi away. At the three general lycées, 94% of 263 candidates passed the bac, 0.7 points above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Anne FrankNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 63 | 78%+13 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Blaise PascalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 64 | 95%+1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique privé ESTIC PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 102 | 100%+3 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.
In Haute-Marne, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.1 years for women and 77.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 88 deaths in Chancenay between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 100: 12% below. The nearest emergency department to Chancenay is Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz, 1.4 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Graded property crimes ran at 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.9 (2023–2025 average). Sexual violence topped the graded crimes in Chancenay (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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage and museums in and near Chancenay. Best known first.
MuseumMusée municipal de Saint-Dizier4.6 km southwest, in Saint-DizierChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Dizier4.5 km southwest, in Saint-DizierMonastery or conventMonastery or conventMonastère des Dames-de-l'Assomption de Saint-Dizier4.9 km southwest, in Saint-DizierChâteauChâteauSous-Préfecture de Saint-Dizier4.6 km southwest, in Saint-DizierChâteauChâteauAncien monastère des Dames de l'Assomption4.9 km southwest, in Saint-DizierMuseumMuseumMusée4.6 km southwest, in Saint-DizierPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Chancenay 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 Chancenay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chancenay | 1,003 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Saint-Dizier | 22,858 | 2.6 | C− | B+ | C− | C− |
| Ancerville Meuse | 2,569 | 3 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Bar-le-Duc Meuse | 14,607 | 11 | B+ | A | C− | C |
| Wassy | 2,771 | 12 | C+ | A+ | D | C− |
| Ligny-en-Barrois Meuse | 3,677 | 15 | B− | A+ | C | B |
| Joinville | 2,915 | 17 | B− | A+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chancenay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 95% of 64 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Blaise Pascal in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Chancenay is a commune of 1,003 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Saint-Dizier, Der et Vallées. 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.