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Some 964 people live in this town, in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Chabottes has none. 35% of its homes are second homes.
The one thing Chabottes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chabottes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Grégoire ou des Pétètes, in Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur, 5.8 mi away.
13% 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 Chabottes.
People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Hautes-Alpes’ towns (29%). Line up the people of Chabottes by age and the one in the middle is 44.6. The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents.
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Chabottes | Hautes-Alpes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Alpes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Chabottes: 250, for 400 residents in work (0.6 each). The jobless rate is 13.2%. At the census, 6.5% of working residents in Chabottes didn’t travel to work at all.
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 €9.98/m² a month. Sales in Chabottes from July 2023 to June 2026: 29 houses and apartments. The sales split: 62% houses, the rest apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Chabottes. Best known first.
Nothing in Chabottes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Chabottes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chabottes | 964 | — | — | — | — | — |
| La Bâtie-Neuve | 2,628 | 5.7 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Gap | 41,293 | 7.8 | B+ | C | C | A− |
| Chorges | 3,146 | 8.8 | B+ | D | A | B− |
| Embrun | 6,412 | 17 | B− | D | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Chabottes is a commune of 964 people in the Communauté de communes Champsaur-Valgaudemar. 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 9, 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.