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The town has 10,547 residents and lies in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Over-65s are only 13% of the population.
Several subjects drag its grade down. Taken together, its subjects give Charvieu-Chavagneux a D overall, better than 7% of compared French towns. Its schools fall short (D): bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8.4 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €3,069/m²: 70 m² comes to 7.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Lyon Saint Exupéry en Dauphiné. It is easy to get around without a car: 52% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
The one thing Charvieu-Chavagneux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Charvieu-Chavagneux 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 Charvieu-Chavagneux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte de Ville dite Porte de Lyon, in Crémieu, 4.7 mi away.
2.2% 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 Charvieu-Chavagneux.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Charvieu-Chavagneux is 91.5%, below both Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 84% of 75 candidates passed the bac pro. Its collèges and lycées rank #96 of 102 in Isère on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Martin Luther KingNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 77%−4 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique La PléiadeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 368 | 93%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel l'OdysséeBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 75 | 84%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 13% of residents are 65 or older. 27% of adults hold a degree, below both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). Charvieu-Chavagneux has a median age of 35.9 years.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Charvieu-Chavagneux | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 26% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 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.
Behind the median of €3,069/m²: 188 houses and apartments sold in Charvieu-Chavagneux between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 85% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,191/m² | 159 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The police record for Charvieu-Chavagneux lists 326 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 6.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 18. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Charvieu-Chavagneux has 1,750 jobs for 4,550 working residents, 0.4 per worker. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Isère’s towns (8.1%). No commute at all: 3.6% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (84 places) counts its residents as Charvieu-Chavagneux’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 644 residents of Charvieu-Chavagneux died, against 623 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Charvieu-Chavagneux is Antenne Smur Bron Hospices Civils de Lyon, 10.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Charvieu-Chavagneux can choose among 7 GPs.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Charvieu-Chavagneux. Best known first.
Nothing in Charvieu-Chavagneux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Charvieu-Chavagneux.
Jean Djorkaeff: COOLLYON, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Edward Stachura: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charvieu-Chavagneux | 10,547 | — | D | C− | C+ | B− |
| Pont-de-Chéruy | 6,302 | 1.2 | D | C | C− | B+ |
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu | 8,031 | 1.4 | C− | D | B− | B− |
| Chavanoz | 5,126 | 2.1 | D | C− | B | C+ |
| Colombier-Saugnieu Rhône | 2,874 | 2.7 | D | C | D− | C+ |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas | 3,417 | 3.2 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Loyettes Ain | 3,554 | 3.6 | C | C | A− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #47 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 56 burglaries and 89 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns and #96 of 102 in Isère. 93% of 368 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique La Pléiade in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,069/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Charvieu-Chavagneux grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Charvieu-Chavagneux is a commune of 10,547 people in the Communauté de communes Lyon Saint Exupéry en Dauphiné. 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) · 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 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.