Plenty to like here, at a price. Where it does best is safety — an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taken together, its subjects give Chorges a B+ overall, better than two thirds of compared French towns. It ranks #3 of 6 in Hautes-Alpes. The drawback is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Chorges 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chorges.
Safety
Crime per resident in Chorges runs lower than in 91% of compared French towns
Chorges ranks first of the 6 compared towns in Hautes-Alpes on the Safety Grade. Over 2025, Chorges logged 40 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes in the town were sexual violence than anything else (2025).
4.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Sexual violence9
Criminal damage9
Theft from vehicles8
Family violence7
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence12
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.
4.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
40
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (11.7% of the index here). That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living D
A home in Chorges sells for €3,321/m², more than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Chorges, houses go for €3,550/m² and apartments for €2,844/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 83 homes were sold locally. Houses made up 63% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€3,321/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chorges€3,321/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hautes-Alpes median€2,775/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,550/m²
52
Apartments
€2,844/m²
31
€13.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.32 to €16.37/m² a month)
9.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,240
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Serre-Ponçon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Chorges than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns or across compared French towns: 36% of adults
One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, between Hautes-Alpes’ towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.6% of residents.
48.4median age
ChorgesHautes-Alpes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Alpes median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Chorges has 2 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Chorges is Église Saint-Victor. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.7% of the total, lower than both Hautes-Alpes’ towns (7.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer people in Chorges are out of work than in Hautes-Alpes’ towns or across compared French towns: 7.9%
Jobs located in Chorges: 1,000, for 1,400 residents in work (0.7 each). 12.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Hautes-Alpes’ towns (23.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Also worth knowing: at the census, 6.5% of working residents in Chorges didn’t travel to work at all.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot7%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Chorges, 0.7 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Chorges has a lower adjusted death rate than 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Hautes-Alpes: 86.1 years for women, 80.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 238 residents of Chorges died, against 274 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Chorges is Chi des Alpes du Sud site de Gap, 10.3 mi away. There are 5 general practitioners locally.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Chorges · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi des Alpes du Sud site de Gap
10.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi des Alpes du Sud site de Gap
86.1 · 80.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hautes-Alpes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chorges
Is Chorges safe?
It grades A for safety, #1 of 6 in Hautes-Alpes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Is Chorges expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.00/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chorges grades D for cost of living.
About Chorges
Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Chorges is a commune of 3,146 people in the Communauté de communes Serre-Ponçon. 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
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.
