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A town of 1,453 in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It skews young: 15% of residents are 15 to 24.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on health as well (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.2% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Challuy 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 Challuy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Challuy 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.
Challuy 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 Challuy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour de Cuffy dite tour Goguin, in Nevers, 2.1 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Challuy. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la faïence et des beaux-arts3.6 km north, in Nevers
MuseumMusée archéologique du Nivernais3.6 km north, in NeversAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte de Nevers3.7 km north, in NeversAttractionAttractionPalais ducal de Nevers3.9 km north, in NeversAbbeyAbbeyCarmel de Nevers3.2 km north, in NeversPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Challuy.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.13/m² a month, near Nièvre’s towns (€9.08/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €6.79/m² a month. 40 houses and apartments changed hands in Challuy from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,336/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 10.2%, below Nièvre’s towns (14.2%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €26,000 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 3.7% of working residents in Challuy at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Challuy have one GP on hand. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 93 per 100 expected, close to Nièvre’s towns (93) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 139 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 129, 7% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Nièvre is 84.1 years for women and 76.9 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults. 12% are under 15, below Nièvre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. People 65 and over make up 26% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Challuy | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.2 mi away. Near Challuy, 93.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, in line with Nièvre’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les LogesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 75 | 79%−2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Alain ColasNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 177 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Victor HugoBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 69 | 88%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Challuy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Challuy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challuy | 1,453 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Nevers | 33,085 | 2.6 | C | A− | D | C+ |
| Marzy | 3,623 | 3.6 | A− | B | A | B− |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers | 3,688 | 4 | A | A− | A+ | B |
| Varennes-Vauzelles | 9,146 | 4.4 | B+ | B+ | B− | A− |
| Fourchambault | 3,992 | 5.3 | B− | A | C+ | D |
| Imphy | 3,182 | 5.9 | C+ | A | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Challuy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns. 98% of 177 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Alain Colas in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Challuy grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Challuy is a commune of 1,453 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers. 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.