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A town of 1,500 in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 24% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median sale price is €1,199/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Chaulgnes 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 one thing Chaulgnes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chaulgnes 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.
Chaulgnes 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 Chaulgnes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Forges royales de la Chaussade (anciennes), in Guérigny, 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 Chaulgnes.
The unemployment rate comes to 5.7%. At the census, 2.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Nièvre’s towns (15.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,490 a year per consumption unit. Also worth knowing: jobs based in Chaulgnes number 200, against 650 residents in work (0.3 per worker).
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.
House rents are put at about €9.01/m² a month. The market in Chaulgnes: 54 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,199/m² | 54 |
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.
92 deaths in Chaulgnes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 100: 8% below. The nearest emergency department to Chaulgnes is Hopital Pierre Beregovoy, 9.6 mi away. Women in Nièvre live to 84.1 on average and men to 76.9 (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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Among adults, 29% have a degree. 7.4% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Nièvre’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 24% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Chaulgnes | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Chaulgnes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Chaulgnes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaulgnes | 1,500 | — | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Guérigny | 2,505 | 5 | — | A | — | B− |
| Garchizy | 3,648 | 5.5 | B+ | A | A | D |
| La Charité-sur-Loire | 4,705 | 5.7 | B+ | A | C | C+ |
| Fourchambault | 3,992 | 6.8 | B− | A | C+ | D |
| Varennes-Vauzelles | 9,146 | 7.3 | B+ | B+ | B− | A− |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers | 3,688 | 8.3 | A | A− | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chaulgnes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chaulgnes grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chaulgnes is a commune of 1,500 people in the Communauté de communes Les Bertranges. 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 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.