Chabanière grades A overall: better than 93% of compared French towns, and #13 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 20% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,909/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays Mornantais (COPAMO). Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Chabanière 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 Chabanière.
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Chabanière’s ages would predict, 69 per 100 expected, under Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Chabanière sits below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 227 residents of Chabanière died, against 329 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw69
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Chabanière · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Montgelas
6.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Montgelas
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Chabanière: 21% were built before 1919, more than in Rhône’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Chabanière above both Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). For its size, Chabanière has 14 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Chabanière, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Unemployment in Chabanière, 5.5%, runs below Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Chabanière comes below both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Chabanière has 950 jobs for 2,050 working residents, 0.5 per worker. At the census, 7.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
950
jobs based in Chabanière, 0.5 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Chabanière than in Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.12/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Chabanière, that is below both Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,909/m², comes from 98 sales of houses and apartments in Chabanière from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,909/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chabanière€2,909/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,873/m²
85
€11.12/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.60 to €14.39/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.96/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays Mornantais (COPAMO)
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Chabanière has less crime per resident than 53% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 82 offenses in the graded categories in Chabanière in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence and sexual violence, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 8.0% of the index here.
2.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage24
Theft from vehicles21
Burglary19
Vehicle theft18
Armed robbery0
Fraud24
Theft without violence10
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
2.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
82
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Pont-aqueduc dit le Pont de Virieux (vestiges): Photo: Pimo69 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vestiges du pont-aqueduc dit le Grand Bozançon: Photo: Pimo69 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Didier: Photo: Wayne77 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pont-aqueduc dit le Pont de la Billanière (vestiges): Photo: Pimo69 · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chabanière
Is Chabanière safe?
It grades B− for safety, #36 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Chabanière good?
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #26 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chabanière expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,909/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chabanière grades B for cost of living.
About Chabanière
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chabanière is a commune of 4,323 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Mornantais (COPAMO). 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
4,323 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Mornantais (COPAMO)
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.
