Chablis has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,420/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.8 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Chablis 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chablis.
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Chablis costs less than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.34/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Chablis below both Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,420/m², comes from 83 sales of houses and apartments in Chablis from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,420/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chablis€1,420/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yonne median€1,433/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,392/m²
82
€9.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.53 to €11.57/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,060
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Chablis’ ages would predict, 106 per 100 expected, above Yonne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Chablis is above both Yonne’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 366 residents of Chablis died, against 259 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 41% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw141
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Chablis · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Tonnerrois
11 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Auxerre
84.2 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Unemployment in Chablis, 7.3%, runs below Yonne’s towns and compared French towns
For Chablis, that is below both Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €27,370 a year per consumption unit.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot16%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,750
jobs based in Chablis, 1.8 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 77% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Chablis has less crime per resident than 71% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 34 offenses in the graded categories in Chablis in 2025. For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 14.0% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. With 1,750 jobs for 1,000 working residents, Chablis draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
8.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence14
Criminal damage8
Other physical violence6
Burglary6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence7
Fraud6
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
8.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
34
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
14.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
History
Chablis is rich in protected monuments: 28 per 10,000 residents, more than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Chablis sits above both Yonne’s towns (5.9) and compared French towns (2.5) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Chablis: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Chablis is Église Saint-Martin.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 24% are 65 or over, against 10% and 28% in the median compared commune of Yonne. 25% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Yonne 21%, France 30%).
46.1median age
ChablisYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chablis
Is Chablis safe?
It grades B+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Chablis good?
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chablis expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,420/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chablis grades A for cost of living.
About Chablis
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chablis is a commune of 2,139 people in the Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs. 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
2,139 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs
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.
