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ChaumardNièvre

With 192 residents, it is a town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Chaumard a good place to live?

Chaumard has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 67% of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 53% of residents.

What makes Chaumard stand out

The 2 things Chaumard does most differently from other towns.

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Chaumard’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Chaumard’s story

No historic monuments in Chaumard

The Culture ministry lists no building in Chaumard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Voie romaine d'Autun à Orléans (ancienne), in Ouroux-en-Morvan, 3.6 mi away.

38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Children make up only 5.6% of Chaumard, fewer than in Nièvre’s towns and across compared French towns

Over-65s are 53% of the population. 2.9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Nièvre’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 26% of adults.

66.5median age
ChaumardNièvre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Chaumard
ChaumardNièvre medianFrance median
Under 155.6%14%17%
15–242.9%8.7%11%
25–4412%19%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+53%32%22%
No diploma17%28%19%
CAP or BEP33%31%26%
Baccalauréat17%17%18%
Higher education26%19%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Chaumard than in Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 3.7%

Half of residents lived on more than €25,230 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Nièvre’s towns (€23,120). Of those in the labour force, 12.0% are unemployed. 12.7% of Chaumard’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot4%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Chaumard, 0.5 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Chaumard than in Nièvre’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.27/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 24 homes in Chaumard. House rents are put at about €6.20/m² a month.

€8.27/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Chaumard€8.27/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Nièvre median€9.08/m²
€8.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.53 to €10.48/m² a month)
€6.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Everything we know about Chaumard

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Landmarks

Nothing in Chaumard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Chaumard

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About Chaumard

Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Chaumard is a commune of 192 people in the Communauté de communes Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs. 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

Population
192 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs
Département
Nièvre (58)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
7.7 sq mi (19.9 km²)
INSEE code
58068

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.