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In Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 1,184 residents.
Chaux’s strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are weaker too — brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Most journeys need a car: 51% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Chaux 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 Chaux 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.
Chaux 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 Chaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monument commémoratif de la réunion de l'Alsace à la France en 1648, in Giromagny, 2.1 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Chaux 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 Chaux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 83 deaths in Chaux from 2016 to 2025; there were 104, 26% more. Average lifespans in Territoire de Belfort: 85 years for women, 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. One GP practises locally. The nearest emergency department to Chaux is Hnfc site Trevenans, 9.6 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Chaux is 80.0%, below both Territoire de Belfort’s towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.3 mi away. A collège lies 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Val de RosemontNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 80%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €27,240 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Territoire de Belfort’s towns (€25,210) and compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 9.6% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, below both Territoire de Belfort’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. The middle age in Chaux is 45.2.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Territoire de Belfort 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Chaux | Territoire de Belfort median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Territoire de Belfort median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
27 houses and apartments changed hands in Chaux from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Chaux.
Commune in Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chaux is a commune of 1,184 people in the Communauté de communes des Vosges du Sud. 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 →
Chaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 9, 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.