Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,116 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Chaingy grades B+ overall: better than 72% of compared French towns, and #18 of 43 in Loiret. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 6.7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,155/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Val de Loire. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Chaingy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chaingy 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chaingy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Mesmin, in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, 2.9 mi away.
16% 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 Chaingy.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 21 offenses in the graded categories in Chaingy in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Chaingy ranks 2nd of the 43 compared towns in Loiret. For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 24.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Chaingy is 84.9%, close to Loiret’s towns (85.9%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Nelson MandelaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 92%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Chaingy, that is below both Loiret’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 20% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Chaingy | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Chaingy sits below both Loiret’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 225 residents of Chaingy died, against 276 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Chaingy above both Loiret’s towns (€11.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,155/m², comes from 117 sales of houses and apartments in Chaingy from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,179/m² | 114 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Chaingy is above both Loiret’s towns (€25,190) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 6.4%. Chaingy has 1,050 jobs for 1,900 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit in and near Chaingy. Best known first.
Nothing in Chaingy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Chaingy.
Léon Pellé: Henri Manuel, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaingy | 4,116 | — | B+ | C | A+ | B+ |
| Saint-Ay | 3,766 | 1.8 | A+ | B | A− | A− |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin | 11,017 | 2.5 | B | C | B | A− |
| Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin | 3,261 | 2.8 | — | C | — | A+ |
| Ingré | 10,062 | 3.5 | B+ | C | B | A− |
| Cléry-Saint-André | 3,596 | 4 | — | B | — | A |
| Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin | 6,256 | 4.4 | A− | C− | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 43 in Loiret. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns and #42 of 48 in Loiret. 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 €2,155/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chaingy grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Chaingy is a commune of 4,116 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Val de Loire. 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.
