Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
108 people live in this town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
At under 1,000 residents, Chantes is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 21% of its housing.
The one thing Chantes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chantes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Calvaire Sainte-Anne sur le chemin de défruitement, in Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin, 2.3 mi away.
51% 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 Chantes.
8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Haute-Saône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 19% have a degree. Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Chantes | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Of those in the labour force, 13.6% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €22,900 a year per consumption unit, about level with Haute-Saône’s towns (€22,560) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.6% of working residents in Chantes didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 9.8 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Château RanceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 72 | 89%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.39/m² a month. Sales in Chantes from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Chantes 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 Chantes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantes | 108 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Port-sur-Saône | 2,949 | 6.5 | A− | A+ | A− | C |
| Échenoz-la-Méline | 3,158 | 10 | B+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Vesoul | 15,078 | 11 | C− | A− | D− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chantes is a commune of 108 people in the Communauté de communes des Combes. 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 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.