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La GroutteCher

A town of 115 in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is La Groutte a good place to live?

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

What makes La Groutte stand out

The one thing La Groutte does most differently from other towns.

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Rempart préhistorique de l'éperon barré
Rempart préhistorique de l'éperon barré · Classé · Photo: Lyokoï · CC BY-SA 4.0
La Groutte’s story

La Groutte in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Groutte: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1967.

36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1967First protected: Rempart préhistorique de l'éperon barré
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Nearby attractions

La Maison du Chaufournier and 12 more in and around La Groutte

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near La Groutte. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Groutte.

History

La Groutte keeps more of its old housing than Cher or compared French towns: 36% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in La Groutte is Rempart préhistorique de l'éperon barré. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1967
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Few people in La Groutte are 15 to 24: 5.4%, fewer than in Cher’s towns and compared French towns

27% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 14%, close to Cher’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.

52.5median age
La GroutteCher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Groutte
La GroutteCher medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–245.4%9.2%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6436%27%26%
65+24%29%22%
No diploma21%25%19%
CAP or BEP28%30%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education27%20%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in La Groutte are out of work than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 2.0%

5.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Cher’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €31,310 a year per consumption unit.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Bicycle4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
0
jobs based in La Groutte, 0.2 per working resident
2.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,310
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

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

General-bac pupils go 3.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 1.9 mi off.

91.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

La Groutte91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean ValetteNearest collègeCollègeCollège9091%+5 pts
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +5 pts against the expected rate
1.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in La Groutte costs less than in Cher’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.24/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 3 homes were sold in La Groutte.

€7.24/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Groutte€7.24/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cher median€9.78/m²
€7.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.49 to €9.54/m² a month)
€6.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Groutte

13pages on La Groutte

Landmarks

La Groutte has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Rempart préhistorique de l'éperon barré: Photo: Lyokoï · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from La Groutte

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Groutte yet.

How we find them →

La Groutte’s neighbors

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

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Saint-Amand-MontrondDun-sur-AuronSaint-Amand-MontrondDun-sur-AuronLa Groutte
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Groutte115—————
Saint-Amand-Montrond9,8992.7B−ACC+
Dun-sur-Auron3,52414AA−A−D

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

About La Groutte

Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

La Groutte is a commune of 115 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de France. 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
115 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de France
Département
Cher (18)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.9 km²)
INSEE code
18107

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.