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ChalmaisonSeine-et-Marne

With 749 residents, it is a town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.

Is Chalmaison a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Chalmaison falls below the line for grades. The median sale price is €1,875/m².

What makes Chalmaison stand out

The one thing Chalmaison does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
église Saint-Étienne
église Saint-Étienne · Classé · Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chalmaison’s story

Chalmaison in pictures

Chalmaison has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1930First protected: église Saint-Étienne
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chalmaison.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Chalmaison hold a degree than in Seine-et-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 23%

Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, close to Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and above compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town.

46.2median age
ChalmaisonSeine-et-Marne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Chalmaison
ChalmaisonSeine-et-Marne medianFrance median
Under 1516%20%17%
15–2412%13%11%
25–4420%26%23%
45–6433%25%26%
65+18%15%22%
No diploma23%17%19%
CAP or BEP30%21%26%
Baccalauréat20%20%18%
Higher education23%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Chalmaison: 28% were built before 1919, more than in both Seine-et-Marne’s towns and compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Chalmaison is église Saint-Étienne.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

1930
first monument protected
28%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Chalmaison has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.6 for each

At the census, 29.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, near Seine-et-Marne’s towns (31.2%) and higher than compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €26,230 a year per consumption unit.

30%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving68%
Public transport28%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Chalmaison, 0.6 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Chalmaison costs an estimated advertised €12.44/m² a month, against €16.75/m² in Seine-et-Marne’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Chalmaison: 31 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€1,875/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Chalmaison€1,875/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Seine-et-Marne median€3,093/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,875/m²31
€12.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.41 to €14.86/m² a month)
€10.32/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée vivant du chemin de fer and 2 more in and around Chalmaison

Museums and heritage in and near Chalmaison. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Chalmaison

13pages on Chalmaison

Landmarks

Chalmaison has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Chalmaison

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chalmaison yet.

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Chalmaison’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Seine-et-Marne →
ProvinsDonnemarie-DontillyNogent-sur-SeineNangisVilleneuve-la-GuyardSaint-Germain-LavalProvinsDonnemarie-DontillyNogent-sur-SeineNangisVilleneuve-la-GuyardSaint-Germain-LavalChalmaison
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Chalmaison749—————
Provins11,6325.2DCDC
Donnemarie-Dontilly2,7065.6—B−—C−
Nogent-sur-Seine Aube5,53712C−B+CC
Nangis8,86712DC−B−C
Villeneuve-la-Guyard Yonne3,45513C−C+B−C
Saint-Germain-Laval2,88813—C−—C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Chalmaison

Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France

Chalmaison is a commune of 749 people in the Communauté de communes Bassée-Montois. 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
749 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bassée-Montois
Département
Seine-et-Marne (77)
Région
Île-de-France
Area
3.9 sq mi (10.1 km²)
INSEE code
77076

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.