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A town in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, home to 1,012 people.
Chevru’s strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side (C−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.2% unemployment. Health is weaker too (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few residents are of retirement age: 11% are 65 or over.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Chevru 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.
Each subject compares Chevru 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.
Chevru has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Chevru does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chevru as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Denis, in Beton-Bazoches, 3.2 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Chevru is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chevru.
The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and above compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 20%. Among adults, 21% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Chevru | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Chevru come to 96 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 55 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 53, 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Chevru is Centre hospitalier Rene Arbeltier de Coulommiers, 7.8 mi away. 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.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to A−.
The median disposable income was €27,610 a year per consumption unit, close to Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€28,310) and above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Chevru didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 7.8% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,982/m², lower than both Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€3,093/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €10.71/m² a month. Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,000/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Chevru.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Chevru is a commune of 1,012 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Coulommiers Pays de Brie. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevru | 1,012 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| La Ferté-Gaucher | 4,743 | 5.8 | D | B | C− | C+ |
| Boissy-le-Châtel | 3,346 | 6.5 | C+ | C+ | A+ | C− |
| Coulommiers | 16,374 | 7.4 | D− | C− | C− | C |
| Mouroux | 5,810 | 9.2 | C− | C− | B | C+ |
| Faremoutiers | 3,057 | 10 | — | C | — | B− |
| Pommeuse | 3,049 | 11 | C− | C | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chevru 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 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chevru grades B+ for cost of living.
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.