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A town of 1,598 in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Baugy 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 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Baugy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Baugy 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Baugy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Hugues, in Avord, 4.8 mi away.
25% 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 Baugy.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,111/m², comes from 61 sales of houses and apartments in Baugy from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 61 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,111/m² | 61 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Baugy has one family doctor. The nearest emergency department to Baugy is Ch Bourges Jacques Coeur, 14 mi away. 150 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 138: 8% above. Life expectancy at birth in Cher is 84 years for women and 78.4 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.
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, below Cher’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. 24% of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Baugy | Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
550 jobs are based in Baugy, for 700 working residents (0.8 per worker). The median disposable income was €25,460 a year per consumption unit, higher than Cher’s towns (€24,000) and near compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 5.5% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Baugy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Baugy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baugy | 1,598 | — | — | A+ | — | D |
| Avord | 2,909 | 4.9 | A− | A | B+ | C− |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy | 4,779 | 12 | C | B+ | C− | B− |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois | 3,151 | 14 | C+ | A+ | B+ | C |
| Dun-sur-Auron | 3,524 | 15 | A | A− | A− | D |
| La Charité-sur-Loire Nièvre | 4,705 | 15 | B+ | A | C | C+ |
| Bourges | 64,186 | 16 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Baugy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,111/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Baugy grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Baugy is a commune of 1,598 people in the Communauté de communes La Septaine. 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.