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1,584 people live in this town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France. Just 13% of residents are 65 or older.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability. It also trails on schools — bac results 3.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Chalifert 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.
The 3 things Chalifert does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chalifert 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.
Chalifert has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chalifert as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Rémy, in Montévrain, 1.6 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, family days out and museums in and near Chalifert. Best known first.
AttractionOrbitron1.9 km south, in Chessy
AttractionIndiana Jones et le Temple du Péril2 km south, in Chessy
MuseumDisneyland Railroad2.2 km south, in Chessy
AttractionSpace Mountain1.8 km south, in Chessy
AttractionAdventure Isle2 km south, in ChessyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chalifert.
Aged 15 to 24: 13% of residents. Children under 15 make up 20%, close to Seine-et-Marne’s towns (20%) and above compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 13% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Chalifert | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.7% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €17.62/m² a month, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 68% houses, the rest apartments. 41 houses and apartments changed hands in Chalifert from July 2023 to June 2026.
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.
At the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km, 81% of 140 candidates passed the bac pro. The brevet pass rate near Chalifert is 86.3%, higher than Seine-et-Marne’s towns (84.0%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le vieux chêneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 126 | 83%−11 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent de Serris Émilie du ChâteletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 397 | 94%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Auguste PerdonnetBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 117 | 84%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Seine-et-Marne is 85.4 years for women and 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 68 deaths in Chalifert from 2016 to 2025; there were 56, 18% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Chalifert is Grand Hosp Est Francilien Marne la Vallee site Jossigny, 2.8 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Chalifert has 100 jobs for 800 working residents, 0.1 per worker. Unemployment stands at 7.1%. 19.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, between Seine-et-Marne’s towns (31.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Chalifert. The 2025 count: 15 offenses here. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.1 violent offenses and 10.5 graded property crimes a year.
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 52.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Chalifert is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chalifert yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalifert | 1,584 | — | — | D | — | B+ |
| Coupvray | 3,066 | 1.1 | C | D | C− | B |
| Chessy | 7,771 | 1.3 | C− | D− | D | B− |
| Dampmart | 3,677 | 1.6 | B− | D | B | A− |
| Esbly | 6,072 | 1.8 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Montévrain | 15,687 | 1.9 | C+ | D− | B | C+ |
| Magny-le-Hongre | 9,060 | 2.5 | B | D | B | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chalifert has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns. 94% of 397 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent de Serris Émilie du Châtelet in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chalifert grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Chalifert is a commune of 1,584 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Marne et Gondoire. 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.