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Some 10,670 people live in this town, in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Overall, Chantepie earns a C+: better than 42% of compared French towns, and #72 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its strong suit — nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Chantepie 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Chantepie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Toussaints, in Rennes, 3.3 mi away.
1.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Chantepie is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chantepie.
11.1% of the labour force are out of work. After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,710 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took 16.7% of Chantepie’s working residents to work at the census.
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.
Houses in Chantepie sell for €3,268/m² and apartments for €3,124/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.09/m² a month, above Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€12.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 400 homes locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,268/m² | 124 |
| Apartments | €3,124/m² | 276 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Chantepie has 5,850 jobs for 4,750 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. All told, Chantepie had 307 recorded offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 19.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.2 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Ille-et-Vilaine is 86 years for women and 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 1,075 residents of Chantepie died, against 977 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. 16 GPs practise locally.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Chantepie is 96.0%, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (97.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #58 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. The nearest collège is 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les Hautes OurmesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 82%+2 pts |
| Lycée René DescartesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 337 | 97%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Frédéric Ozanam PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 159 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of residents, above both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 20% of residents are 65 or older. The share of residents under 15 is 17%.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Chantepie | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Gardens, museums and heritage in and near Chantepie. Best known first.
MuseumÉcomusée de la Bintinais4.2 km west, in Rennes
MuseumMusée des Transmissions – espace Ferrié4.1 km north, in Cesson-SévignéGardenGardenJardin botanique de l'université de Rennes4 km northwest, in RennesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cucé1.2 km northeast, in Cesson-SévignéMuseumMuseumMusée géologique de Rennes3.8 km northwest, in RennesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chantepie yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Chantepie is a commune of 10,670 people in the Rennes 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantepie | 10,670 | — | C+ | C− | C | C |
| Cesson-Sévigné | 18,761 | 2.2 | B+ | C− | C | A |
| Vern-sur-Seiche | 8,207 | 2.7 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Rennes | 230,890 | 3.3 | C | D | C− | B+ |
| Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche | 8,359 | 3.9 | B | C | C+ | B |
| Domloup | 3,877 | 4.3 | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande | 13,800 | 4.5 | B− | C− | C | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #64 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 55 burglaries and 117 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #58 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. The lycée stands out: 97% of 337 candidates passed the bac at Lycée René Descartes in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chantepie grades C− for cost of living.
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 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.