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ChuyerLoire

A town of 759 in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Chuyer a good place to live?

Chuyer is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

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

No historic monuments in Chuyer

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

The nearest classé monument is Anciennes usines Marrel, in Châteauneuf, 6.4 mi away.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chuyer.

Who lives here

Chuyer has fewer young adults than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 9.1% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below both Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 36% have a degree. The age that splits Chuyer in two is 46.7.

46.7median age
ChuyerLoire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education36%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Chuyer
ChuyerLoire medianFrance median
Under 1518%17%17%
15–249.1%11%11%
25–4419%22%23%
45–6436%26%26%
65+18%25%22%
No diploma15%20%19%
CAP or BEP27%29%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education36%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Chuyer is better off than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €30,170 a year per consumption unit

100 jobs are based in Chuyer, for 400 working residents (0.2 per worker). 5.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below Loire’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.6% of commuters at the census.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Chuyer, 0.2 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

95.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 0.9 points above the expected rate

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

The nearest general lycée is 7.2 mi away. For collège, the closest is 3 mi away.

95.1%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Chuyer95.1%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Gaston BatyNearest collègeCollègeCollège10096%+1 pt
Collège les Marronniers PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège5995%+2 pts

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95.1%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +0.9 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Chuyer is €11.12/m² a month

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

Among the homes sold, 88% were houses. Chuyer recorded 24 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€11.12/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Chuyer€11.12/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Loire median€10.17/m²
€11.12/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.66 to €14.28/m² a month)
€10.40/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château du Rozay and 7 more in and around Chuyer

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Chuyer. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Chuyer

13pages on Chuyer

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Chuyer

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

How we find them →

Chuyer’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 Loire →
CondrieuChavanayPélussinSaint-Clair-du-RhôneAmpuisSaint-Maurice-l'ExilCondrieuChavanayPélussinSaint-Clair-du-RhôneAmpuisSaint-Maurice-l'ExilChuyer
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Chuyer759—————
Condrieu Rhône3,9573B+CCA
Chavanay2,8843C+B−C+C−
Pélussin3,7273.1A+A−AA−
Saint-Clair-du-Rhône Isère3,7783.5A−C+A−A
Ampuis Rhône2,7695.7A−C+B+A−
Saint-Maurice-l'Exil Isère6,8895.9CC+C+B

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

About Chuyer

Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Chuyer is a commune of 759 people in the Communauté de communes du Pilat Rhodanien. 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
759 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pilat Rhodanien
Département
Loire (42)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.5 sq mi (11.6 km²)
INSEE code
42064

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.