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Population 1,467: a town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability — 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bougé-Chambalud 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.
Each subject compares Bougé-Chambalud 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.
Bougé-Chambalud 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 Bougé-Chambalud as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Site archéologique de la tour d'Albon, situé au hameau de La Tour, in Albon, 5.3 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Bougé-Chambalud 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 Bougé-Chambalud.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 140 deaths in Bougé-Chambalud from 2016 to 2025; there were 105, 25% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Isère is 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The census found 4.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €27,320 a year per consumption unit, about level with Isère’s towns (€27,110) and above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.0% of working residents in Bougé-Chambalud didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, higher than both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Bougé-Chambalud are older than 43.8. 21% of residents have reached 65.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bougé-Chambalud | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Bougé-Chambalud from July 2023 to June 2026: 26 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Bougé-Chambalud. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bougé-Chambalud yet.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bougé-Chambalud is a commune of 1,467 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bougé-Chambalud | 1,467 | — | — | B− | — | A− |
| Chanas | 2,706 | 3.5 | C− | C+ | C | B− |
| Anneyron Drôme | 4,169 | 3.5 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Drôme | 7,001 | 3.9 | D | B | D | C |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne | 4,606 | 4.2 | C− | C+ | D | B |
| Roussillon | 8,595 | 5.1 | C− | B− | C− | B− |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon | 6,718 | 5.8 | C− | B− | D− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bougé-Chambalud has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 4, 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.