Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,417 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Chimilin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 22% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,326/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Les Vals du Dauphiné. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Chimilin 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 Chimilin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église des Carmes, in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, 4.8 mi away.
27% 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 Chimilin.
At the census, 4.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment stands at 8.1%. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,190 a year.
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.
A collège lies 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcel BouvierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 95%+3 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.
In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 109 deaths in Chimilin from 2016 to 2025; there were 90, 17% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Chimilin records 83 deaths per 100 expected, near Isère’s towns (84) and lower than compared French towns (88).
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
One measure of family life: 20% of residents are under 15. 28% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Chimilin is 43.7 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Chimilin | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 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.
39 sales of houses and apartments in Chimilin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,326/m². House rents are put at about €11.81/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 39 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,326/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Chimilin. Best known first.
MuseumMusée gallo-romain d'Aoste2 km northeast, in AosteChâteauChâteauChâteau de Faverges-de-la-Tour4.6 km northwest, in Faverges-de-la-TourZooZooLe Domaine des Fauves3.1 km south, in Les Abrets en DauphinéMuseumMuseumLe Repaire Louis Mandrin4.3 km northeast, in Saint-Genix-les-VillagesMuseumMuseumMusée des Tisserands4.8 km west, in La Bâtie-MontgasconPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Chimilin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chimilin yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimilin | 1,417 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Aoste | 2,876 | 1.8 | B+ | C+ | A− | C− |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné | 6,850 | 2.5 | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages Savoie | 3,095 | 3.5 | A− | C | B+ | A− |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz | 2,754 | 3.6 | — | B− | — | A |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin | 7,698 | 4.6 | C+ | B | B− | B+ |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin | 3,602 | 4.7 | C+ | B+ | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chimilin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 800 jobs for 650 working residents, Chimilin draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,326/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chimilin grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chimilin is a commune of 1,417 people in the Communauté de communes Les Vals du 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 October 30, 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.