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ChavériaJura

Home to 201 people, this town lies in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Chavéria a good place to live?

Chavéria isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 17% of homes.

What makes Chavéria stand out

The one thing Chavéria does most differently from other towns.

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Chavéria’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Chavéria’s story

No historic monuments in Chavéria

The Culture ministry lists no building in Chavéria as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, in Orgelet, 2.4 mi away.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chavéria.

Who lives here

Chavéria has fewer older residents than Jura’s towns or compared French towns: 16% are 65 or over

The share aged 15 to 24 is 8%. Children under 15 make up 20%, above both Jura’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up nearly a third of adults.

47.5median age
ChavériaJura medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Chavéria
ChavériaJura medianFrance median
Under 1520%14%17%
15–248%10%11%
25–4418%21%23%
45–6437%26%26%
65+16%27%22%
No diploma13%21%19%
CAP or BEP33%25%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education32%28%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Jura median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 5.8% of commuters in Chavéria go to work without a car, fewer than in Jura’s towns and compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €27,990 a year per consumption unit, above both Jura’s towns (€24,890) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.9% of working residents in Chavéria didn’t travel to work at all.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Chavéria, 0.2 per working resident
0.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 11.9 mi away. The closest collège is 2.6 mi off.

95.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Chavéria95.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Michel BrézillonNearest collègeCollègeCollège4295%±0 pts
95.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Chavéria costs less than in Jura’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.75/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Chavéria recorded 9 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.75/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Chavéria€8.75/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Jura median€10.38/m²
€8.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.65 to €11.51/m² a month)
€9.27/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption d'Orgelet and 2 more in and around Chavéria

Heritage and museums in and near Chavéria. Best known first.

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Keep exploring

Everything we know about Chavéria

13pages on Chavéria

Landmarks

Nothing in Chavéria is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Chavéria

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chavéria yet.

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Chavéria’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Jura →
Lons-le-SaunierMontmorotSaint-ClaudeArbentOyonnaxLons-le-SaunierMontmorotSaint-ClaudeArbentOyonnaxChavéria
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Chavéria201—————
Lons-le-Saunier16,61812C+B+DB−
Montmorot3,26112BBC−B
Saint-Claude8,38616BA+CB
Arbent Ain3,55516—B+—A
Oyonnax Ain22,48018BB−B−C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Chavéria

Commune in Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Chavéria is a commune of 201 people in the Communauté de communes Terre d'Émeraude Communauté. 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

Population
201 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terre d'Émeraude Communauté
Département
Jura (39)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
4 sq mi (10.2 km²)
INSEE code
39134

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 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.