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CerboisCher

A town of 393 in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Cerbois a good place to live?

Cerbois is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Cerbois stand out

The one thing Cerbois does most differently from other towns.

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Cerbois’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Cerbois’ story

No historic monuments in Cerbois

The Culture ministry lists no building in Cerbois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église du prieuré Saint-Denis, in Reuilly, 3 mi away.

39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

A town of families: 20% of people in Cerbois are under 15, more than in Cher’s towns and across compared French towns

Nearly a fifth of adults hold a degree, about level with Cher’s towns (20%) and below compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 17% of the population. Aged 15 to 24: 10% of residents.

38.5median age
CerboisCher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cerbois
CerboisCher medianFrance median
Under 1520%15%17%
15–2410%9.2%11%
25–4425%20%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+17%29%22%
No diploma23%25%19%
CAP or BEP32%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education19%20%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 1.5% of commuters in Cerbois go to work without a car, fewer than in Cher’s towns and across compared French towns

Unemployment runs at 7.1%. Per resident in work, Cerbois counts 0.2 jobs (50 jobs, 200 workers). No commute at all: 5.9% of working residents in the town at the census.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Cerbois, 0.2 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Cerbois than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.80/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Cerbois: 10 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€8.80/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cerbois€8.80/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cher median€9.78/m²
€8.80/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.14 to €10.84/m² a month)
€6.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Cerbois and 3 more in and around Cerbois

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Cerbois. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Cerbois

12pages on Cerbois

Landmarks

Nothing in Cerbois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Cerbois

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cerbois yet.

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Cerbois’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Cher →
MéreauMehun-sur-YèvreVierzonSaint-Florent-sur-CherLa Chapelle-Saint-UrsinIssoudunMéreauMehun-sur-YèvreVierzonSaint-Florent-sur-CherLa Chapelle-Saint-UrsinIssoudunCerbois
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cerbois393—————
Méreau2,6325.9—A+—B−
Mehun-sur-Yèvre6,3806.2CAC+D
Vierzon25,0688CADC−
Saint-Florent-sur-Cher6,46311C−BCD
La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin3,68111ABA+B−
Issoudun Indre11,15912C−A+D−C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Cerbois

Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Cerbois is a commune of 393 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Berry. 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
393 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Berry
Département
Cher (18)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
7.2 sq mi (18.5 km²)
INSEE code
18044

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 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.