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A town of 2,046 in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Foëcy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 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 Foëcy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Foëcy 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 1 historic monument in Foëcy, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
14% 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 Foëcy.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Foëcy below both Cher’s towns (€9.78/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,149/m², comes from 64 sales of houses and apartments in Foëcy from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,160/m² | 63 |
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.
On this, Foëcy is above both Cher’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 201 residents of Foëcy died, against 183 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
In the comparison, Foëcy comes below both Cher’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Foëcy, that is above both Cher’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Foëcy, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
8.7% of residents are 15 to 24 and 22% are 65 or over, against 9.2% and 29% in the median compared commune of Cher. 18% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Cher 20%, France 30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Foëcy | Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 32 offenses in the graded categories in Foëcy in 2025. For other physical violence, 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, 30.5% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Foëcy. Best known first.
Foëcy has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Foëcy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foëcy | 2,046 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre | 6,380 | 4.3 | C | A | C+ | D |
| Vierzon | 25,068 | 4.7 | C | A | D | C− |
| Méreau | 2,632 | 4.8 | — | A+ | — | B− |
| Saint-Doulchard | 9,647 | 11 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin | 3,681 | 12 | A | B | A+ | B− |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny | 2,546 | 12 | — | A | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Foëcy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,149/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Foëcy grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Foëcy is a commune of 2,046 people in the Communauté de communes Vierzon-Sologne-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
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.