Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,891 in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Fussy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C+): bac results 2.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. At the median price of €1,694/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Fussy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fussy 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fussy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit La Pierre à la Femme, in Saint-Georges-sur-Moulon, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fussy.
Degrees are held by 29% of adults, above Cher’s towns (20%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Children are 13% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.7% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Fussy | Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Cher live to 84 on average and men to 78.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 326 deaths in Fussy from 2016 to 2025; there were 319, 2% fewer. Also worth knowing: the town has 2 family doctors.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.46/m² a month, above Cher’s towns (€9.78/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 57 homes in Fussy. House rents are put at about €8.34/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,694/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 31 offenses in Fussy. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.4 cases of violence against people and 15.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · For family violence, 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, 21.9% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 80% passed the bac pro, of 180 candidates at 2 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Fussy, 89.8% passed the bac, lower than both Cher’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 85%+4 pts |
| Lycée Henri Alain-FournierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 259 | 97%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 65 | 91%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 8.3%, below Cher’s towns (11.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The census found 4.5% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 550 jobs are based in Fussy, for 650 working residents (0.8 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Fussy. Best known first.
Nothing in Fussy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Fussy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fussy | 1,891 | — | — | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy | 4,779 | 3.9 | C | B+ | C− | B− |
| Saint-Doulchard | 9,647 | 4 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny | 2,546 | 4.2 | — | A | — | D |
| Bourges | 64,186 | 4.3 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin | 3,681 | 7.4 | A | B | A+ | B− |
| Trouy | 4,055 | 8.2 | B | B | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns. 97% of 259 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Henri Alain-Fournier in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fussy grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Fussy is a commune of 1,891 people in the Communauté de communes Terres du Haut 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.