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This town in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 2,093.
Chaptelat’s strongest is jobs & income — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.1% unemployment. School results trail most towns: brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. At €2,045/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole. It is hard to get around without a car (D−).
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Chaptelat 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 Chaptelat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chaptelat 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.
Chaptelat 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 Chaptelat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre, in Limoges, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chaptelat.
1.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Haute-Vienne’s towns (7.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 5.1%. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,170 a year.
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.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 5.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maurice GenevoixNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 141 | 80%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Haute-Vienne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 8.5% of the population. Graduates make up just over a third of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Chaptelat | Haute-Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.01/m² a month, about level with Haute-Vienne’s towns (€10.01/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,045/m², comes from 51 sales of houses and apartments in Chaptelat from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 51 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,045/m² | 51 |
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.
In Haute-Vienne, women can expect to live 84.4 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 116 residents of Chaptelat died, against 134 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Chaptelat is Hopital de la Mere et de L Enfant, 6.9 mi away. This Haute-Vienne town has one family doctor.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Nothing in Chaptelat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Chaptelat.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaptelat | 2,093 | — | — | B | — | B− |
| Couzeix | 10,195 | 2.5 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Rilhac-Rancon | 4,805 | 3.8 | B | B+ | A+ | C+ |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne | 5,775 | 4.8 | B | B | A | B+ |
| Limoges | 129,937 | 5.1 | C | B+ | D | B− |
| Panazol | 11,342 | 6.1 | A | B | A | A+ |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne | 4,903 | 7.1 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chaptelat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 5% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,045/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chaptelat grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chaptelat is a commune of 2,093 people in the Communauté urbaine Limoges Métropole. 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.