Chanonat’s schools beat most: brevet results 1.2 points above the expected rate. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,422/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté. Most journeys need a car: 8% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Chanonat 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 Chanonat 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chanonat.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Chanonat is better off than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €33,230 a year per consumption unit
The jobless rate is 5.9%. Per resident in work, Chanonat counts 0.1 jobs (100 jobs, 800 workers). 2.7% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Chanonat, 0.1 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€33,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 3% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Deaths in Chanonat run below what its ages would predict: 79 per 100 expected, fewer than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 97 deaths in Chanonat between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 122: 21% below. The town has 2 family doctors.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Chanonat · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Gabriel Montpied Chu Clermont Ferrand
3.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive la Chataigneraie
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Chanonat than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.38/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
50 sales of houses and apartments in Chanonat, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,422/m². Houses made up 94% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,422/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chanonat€2,422/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,491/m²
47
€10.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.22 to €13.10/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Chanonat than in Puy-de-Dôme or compared French towns: 35 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Chanonat is Château de la Bâtisse. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. 14% of homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Chanonat is a graduates’ town: 47% hold a degree, more than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and across compared French towns
Children are 17% of the town. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
45.5median age
ChanonatPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education47%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Château de la Bâtisse: Photo: Romary · CC BY-SA 3.0 · église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Tabl-trai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne commanderie des Chevaliers de Malte: Photo: Chanonat · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Chanonat
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chanonat yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chanonat
Is Chanonat safe?
Chanonat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 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.
Are schools in Chanonat good?
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chanonat expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,422/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chanonat grades B+ for cost of living.
About Chanonat
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chanonat is a commune of 1,729 people in the Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté. 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
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.
