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3,638 people live in this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. With an A overall, Chauffailles is better than 91% of compared French towns and ranks #8 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. It is strong on schools as well: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. The local economy is weaker than most: 1.6 jobs per working resident; 11.7% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Chauffailles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chauffailles 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chauffailles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Paul, in Châteauneuf, 3.9 mi away.
15% 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 Chauffailles.
Under-15s account for just over a tenth of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.1% of residents, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Among adults, 16% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Chauffailles | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,319/m², below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€1,438/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Chauffailles recorded 143 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 81% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,395/m² | 116 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #5 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MermozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 57 | 96%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 11.7%, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The census found 15.5% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Chauffailles didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 685 residents of Chauffailles died, against 647 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. Its two care homes for older people (175 places) count their residents as Chauffailles’; allowing for them, deaths were 17% below expected. 3 GPs practise here. Life expectancy at birth in Saône-et-Loire is 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (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.
Jobs outnumber working residents in Chauffailles (1,850 to 1,150): it draws people in from around. 113 offenses were reported in Chauffailles during 2025. Violence against people ran at 12.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.8 (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Chauffailles (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 3.0% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Chauffailles. Best known first.
Nothing in Chauffailles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Chauffailles.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chauffailles | 3,638 | — | A | A | C+ | B+ |
| Cours Rhône | 4,306 | 7.3 | A− | A+ | B− | C+ |
| Charlieu Loire | 3,766 | 8.6 | A− | A | C− | B+ |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs Rhône | 5,771 | 12 | A− | A+ | C+ | B |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu Loire | 2,588 | 12 | — | A | — | A+ |
| Mably Loire | 7,233 | 16 | B+ | A− | C+ | B− |
| Amplepuis Rhône | 4,876 | 16 | A− | A | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #21 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 39 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns and #5 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chauffailles grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chauffailles is a commune of 3,638 people in the Communauté de communes Brionnais Sud Bourgogne. 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.