Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 1,274: a town in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Chabournay’s strongest is health (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,556/m² takes 4.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Haut-Poitou. It is hard to get around without a car (D): 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 1% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Chabournay 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 Chabournay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chabournay 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.
Chabournay 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 Chabournay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La Pierre-Levée, in Neuville-de-Poitou, 1.9 mi away.
16% 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 Chabournay.
One measure of family life: 24% of residents are under 15. The median resident of Chabournay is 37.8 years old. Aged 15 to 24: 10% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Chabournay | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Vienne is 85.8 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 49 residents of Chabournay died, against 71 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Chabournay is Polyclinique de Poitiers, 11.8 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Jobs based in Chabournay number 100, against 600 residents in work (0.1 per worker). 5.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Vienne’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,530 a year per consumption unit.
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 estimated advertised rent is €10.48/m² a month, near Vienne’s towns (€10.33/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.08/m² a month. 31 houses and apartments changed hands in Chabournay from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,556/m² | 31 |
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.
Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 90%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Chabournay. Best known first.
Nothing in Chabournay 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 Chabournay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chabournay | 1,274 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu | 5,713 | 0.7 | A− | A | A+ | B |
| Neuville-de-Poitou | 5,513 | 2.5 | A | B+ | B | B+ |
| Cissé | 2,869 | 5.1 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Jaunay-Marigny | 7,528 | 5.3 | A− | B | B | B+ |
| Migné-Auxances | 6,285 | 6.6 | A− | B | B+ | B+ |
| Chasseneuil-du-Poitou | 4,743 | 6.7 | C+ | B− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chabournay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chabournay grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chabournay is a commune of 1,274 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut-Poitou. 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 October 30, 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.