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1,376 people call this town in Vosges, Grand Est home.
Chavelot’s strongest subject is jobs & income — 2.8 jobs per working resident; 8.4% unemployment. It is strong on schools as well (A−) — bac results 3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. At €1,625/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération d'Épinal. The weak point is walkability: 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Chavelot 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 Chavelot does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chavelot 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.
Chavelot 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 Chavelot as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in Igney, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chavelot.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 86% of 83 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Collège pupils travel 1.1 mi to the nearest one. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 3.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Elsa TrioletNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 98%+8 pts |
| Lycée des métiers de la mode et des services à la personne Émile GalléNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 83 | 86%−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.
At birth, a girl in Vosges can expect 84.2 years and a boy 78.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 126 deaths in Chavelot from 2016 to 2025; there were 102, 19% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Chavelot is Centre hospitalier Interco E Durkheim Plateau de la Justice, 4.1 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, between Vosges’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 28% of the population. Chavelot has a median age of 50.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Chavelot | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.43/m² a month, above Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.82/m² a month. The market in Chavelot: 57 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,671/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €26,800 a year per consumption unit, higher than Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.4% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Chavelot. Best known first.
Nothing in Chavelot is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Chavelot.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chavelot | 1,376 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Thaon-les-Vosges | 8,547 | 1.2 | B | A− | C | C |
| Golbey | 8,832 | 3 | C | B | B− | D− |
| Épinal | 32,251 | 4.4 | C+ | B+ | D | C+ |
| Chantraine | 3,198 | 4.6 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Charmes | 4,484 | 11 | D | A | D | D− |
| Rambervillers | 5,018 | 12 | C | A+ | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chavelot has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 75% 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 Chavelot grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Chavelot is a commune of 1,376 people in the Communauté d'agglomération d'Épinal. 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.