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Population 1,244: a town in Haute-Marne, Grand Est.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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. Chevillon 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 Chevillon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chevillon 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.
Chevillon 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 Chevillon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit "de la Haute-Borne", situé sur la montagne du Châtelet, in Fontaines-sur-Marne, 1.6 mi away.
19% 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 Chevillon.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €969/m², below both Haute-Marne’s towns (€1,048/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €6.23/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,013/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Chevillon. The nearest emergency department to Chevillon is Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz, 11.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 132 residents of Chevillon died, against 114 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. Average lifespans in Haute-Marne: 84.1 years for women, 77.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Unemployment stands at 11.2%. The median disposable income was €23,500 a year per consumption unit, about level with Haute-Marne’s towns (€22,675) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Chevillon didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Under-15s account for 17% of the population. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, between Haute-Marne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Chevillon in two is 47.4.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Chevillon | Haute-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 29% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 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.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René RollinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 55 | 82%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit in and near Chevillon. Best known first.
Nothing in Chevillon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Chevillon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevillon | 1,244 | — | — | A+ | — | D |
| Joinville | 2,915 | 6 | B− | A+ | C− | D− |
| Wassy | 2,771 | 8.2 | C+ | A+ | D | C− |
| Ancerville Meuse | 2,569 | 8.5 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Saint-Dizier | 22,858 | 11 | C− | B+ | C− | C− |
| Ligny-en-Barrois Meuse | 3,677 | 14 | B− | A+ | C | B |
| Bar-le-Duc Meuse | 14,607 | 17 | B+ | A | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chevillon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 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 51% 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 Chevillon grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Chevillon is a commune of 1,244 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) · 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 October 30, 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.