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Home to 4,709 people, this town lies in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Safety is its strong suit: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its schools beat most: bac results 1.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 0.5 points below the expected rate. Prices are high against local incomes (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at A+, #15 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Nationally, it does better than 96% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Chavagne 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 one thing Chavagne does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Chavagne; none is classé, France’s top protection.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Chavagne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Manoir de la Sillandais: Photo: Tilly antoine · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chavagne.
The commonest graded crime in Chavagne was criminal damage (2025). Over 2025, Chavagne logged 58 recorded offenses.
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Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 13.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Chavagne holds 900 jobs; 2,200 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. 6.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 15.0% of commuters travelled at the census.
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.
92.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Chavagne, near Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (92.9%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). School results put the town #26 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Morvan LebesqueNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 91%+1 pt |
| Lycée Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 192 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée Anita ContiBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 293 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 322 deaths in Chavagne from 2016 to 2025; there were 241, 25% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Chavagne is Centre hospitalier Regional Universitaire Rennes Pontchaillo, 6.3 mi away. Average lifespans in Ille-et-Vilaine: 86 years for women, 80.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Ille-et-Vilaine town has 4 family doctors.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Chavagne, houses go for €2,727/m² and apartments for €2,905/m². The market in the town: 134 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.21/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,727/m² | 89 |
| Apartments | €2,905/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 19%, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Chavagne | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Chavagne; none is classé, France’s top protection. 4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Chavagne. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Chavagne as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Chavagne is a commune of 4,709 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chavagne | 4,709 | — | A+ | C | A | A− |
| Bruz | 19,683 | 2.7 | A− | C− | B− | B+ |
| Le Rheu | 9,839 | 3 | A | C | B− | A+ |
| Mordelles | 7,911 | 3 | A | C | B+ | A− |
| Bréal-sous-Montfort | 6,391 | 3.6 | A− | C | B | B |
| Goven | 4,359 | 4 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Chartres-de-Bretagne | 8,880 | 4 | A− | C | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #11 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine.
They grade A−, better than 85% of compared French towns and #26 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. The lycée stands out: 100% of 192 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Joseph 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.83/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chavagne 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.