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1,073 people call this town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Chantenay-Saint-Imbert 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.
Each subject compares Chantenay-Saint-Imbert 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.
Chantenay-Saint-Imbert has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Chantenay-Saint-Imbert does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chantenay-Saint-Imbert as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Balaine, in Villeneuve-sur-Allier, 4.4 mi away.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Chantenay-Saint-Imbert is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chantenay-Saint-Imbert.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €859/m², below both Nièvre’s towns (€1,116/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.01/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 48 homes were sold in Chantenay-Saint-Imbert.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €859/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
124 deaths in Chantenay-Saint-Imbert between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 116: 7% above. The nearest emergency department to Chantenay-Saint-Imbert is Centre hospitalier de Moulins, 13.6 mi away. Average lifespans in Nièvre: 84.1 years for women, 76.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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.
At the census, 4.9% of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €23,870 a year per consumption unit, near Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are 9.1% of the population. 14% are under 15, about level with Nièvre’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Chantenay-Saint-Imbert | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Chantenay-Saint-Imbert as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chantenay-Saint-Imbert is a commune of 1,073 people in the Communauté de communes du Nivernais Bourbonnais. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Chantenay-Saint-Imbert has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 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 Chantenay-Saint-Imbert grades A+ for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.