Charentay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,325/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% 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.
Each subject compares Charentay 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 Charentay.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Charentay sees fewer deaths than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 60 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Charentay sits below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 53 residents of Charentay died, against 89 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−40%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw60
Adjusted60
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Charentay · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
5.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Charentay has lower unemployment than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 5.3%
On this, Charentay is below both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Charentay has 200 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The median disposable income is €29,170 a year per consumption unit.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
200
jobs based in Charentay, 0.3 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 33% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
11% of residents are 15 to 24 and 19% are 65 or over, against 11% and 19% in the median compared commune of Rhône. 34% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Rhône 41%, France 30%).
43.5median age
CharentayRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Charentay: 26% 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.
In the comparison, Charentay comes above both Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Charentay, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Homes in Charentay sell for €2,325/m² at the median, against €3,666/m² in Rhône’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,325/m², comes from 42 sales of houses and apartments in Charentay from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.69/m² a month, below Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,325/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Charentay€2,325/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
€11.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.26 to €14.75/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,630
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Charentay
Is Charentay safe?
Charentay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Charentay good?
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Charentay expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Charentay grades B− for cost of living.
About Charentay
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Charentay is a commune of 1,273 people in the Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais. 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.
