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A town of 1,423 in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Chandon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 19% 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 €1,782/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Charlieu-Belmont. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Chandon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chandon 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 Chandon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison dite Hôtel d'Armagnac, in Charlieu, 1 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Chandon. Best known first.
MuseumAbbaye de Charlieu1.7 km northwest, in CharlieuMuseumMuseumCouvent des Cordeliers de Charlieu2.3 km northwest, in Saint-Nizier-sous-CharlieuChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montrenard4.6 km southwest, in Pouilly-sous-CharlieuChâteauChâteauChâteau de Gatellier2.6 km northeast, in Saint-Denis-de-CabanneChâteauChâteauChâteau du Poyet4.4 km southwest, in Pouilly-sous-CharlieuMuseumMuseumMusée de la Soierie & Musée Hospitalier1.7 km northwest, in CharlieuPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chandon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Chandon is Centre hospitalier de Roanne, 9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 120 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 70, 42% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Loire is 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,782/m²: 47 houses and apartments sold in Chandon between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 96% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 47 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,830/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.4% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs located in Chandon: 100, for 600 residents in work (0.2 each). Half of residents lived on more than €26,650 a year per consumption unit, near both Loire’s towns (€25,635) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
The bac pass rate near Chandon is 97.1%, above both Loire’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Michel ServetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 147 | 90%−4 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 44 | 100%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jérémie de la RueBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 27 | 96%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are just over a quarter of the population. At 48.7, the median resident of Chandon sits in the middle of the age range. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with both Loire’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Chandon | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Chandon 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 Chandon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandon | 1,423 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Charlieu | 3,766 | 1.1 | A− | A | C− | B+ |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu | 2,588 | 3.6 | — | A | — | A+ |
| Cours Rhône | 4,306 | 7.5 | A− | A+ | B− | C+ |
| Mably | 7,233 | 7.9 | B+ | A− | C+ | B− |
| Chauffailles Saône-et-Loire | 3,638 | 8.2 | A | A | C+ | B+ |
| Roanne | 35,409 | 9.4 | B+ | A | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chandon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 44 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,782/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chandon grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chandon is a commune of 1,423 people in the Communauté de communes Charlieu-Belmont. 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.