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A town of 1,590 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Chanteau has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,244/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Orléans Métropole. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% 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.
Each subject compares Chanteau 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 Chanteau as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Saint-Jean-de-Braye, 4.4 mi away.
4.6% 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 Chanteau.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loiret, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 57 deaths in Chanteau between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 83: 31% below. The nearest emergency department to Chanteau is Oreliance Reine Blanche, 4.6 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
7.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Loiret’s towns (13.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 6.5%. Jobs based in Chanteau number 450, against 750 residents in work (0.6 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both Loiret’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 18% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 38% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Chanteau | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
34 sales of houses and apartments in Chanteau, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,244/m². Of the homes sold, 91% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 34 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,308/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Chanteau. Best known first.
Nothing in Chanteau 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 Chanteau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanteau | 1,590 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Semoy | 3,269 | 2.5 | — | C | — | A+ |
| Fleury-les-Aubrais | 21,804 | 3.4 | C | C+ | C | B |
| Saint-Jean-de-Braye | 23,147 | 3.9 | C+ | C | B− | B− |
| Saran | 17,316 | 4.2 | C | C | C− | C+ |
| Chécy | 9,083 | 5.2 | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Orléans | 116,357 | 5.7 | C | C− | C | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chanteau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,244/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chanteau grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Chanteau is a commune of 1,590 people in the Orléans Métropole. 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.