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With 1,237 residents, it is a town in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.1% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Chuelles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Chuelles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chuelles 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.
Chuelles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chuelles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Château-Renard, 4.7 mi away.
26% 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 Chuelles.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Chuelles is Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise, 8.8 mi away. 122 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 106: 15% above. Also worth knowing: women in Loiret live to 85.4 on average and men to 80.3 (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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,150 a year. Unemployment stood at 11.1%, above both Loiret’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.4% of working residents in Chuelles didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.37/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.54/m² a month, about level with Loiret’s towns (€11.99/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Chuelles recorded 58 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,236/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19% of residents. A fifth of adults hold a degree, below both Loiret’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). The age that splits Chuelles in two is 44.9.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Chuelles | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Chuelles 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 Chuelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuelles | 1,237 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Courtenay | 3,772 | 4.8 | B | B+ | B | C |
| Amilly | 13,582 | 9.2 | C− | C+ | C | C |
| Ferrières-en-Gâtinais | 3,839 | 10 | B− | B− | A− | C |
| Montargis | 14,825 | 10 | D | B− | D− | C− |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye Yonne | 4,900 | 11 | C+ | A | B+ | D |
| Châlette-sur-Loing | 12,677 | 11 | C− | C+ | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chuelles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chuelles grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Chuelles is a commune of 1,237 people in the Communauté de communes de la Cléry, du Betz et de l'Ouanne. 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.