Léré 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 14% 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.
Each subject compares Léré 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Léré.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Léré’s ages would predict, 114 per 100 expected, above Cher’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Léré is above both Cher’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 146 residents of Léré died, against 128 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+14%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted114
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Léré · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Cosne Cours Sur Loire
18.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centrehospitalier Pierre Dezarnaulds Gien
84 · 78.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The median sale price of homes in Léré is €1,135/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 54 sales of houses and apartments in Léré from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,298/m² for the median of compared towns in Cher.
€1,135/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Léré€1,135/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Cher median€1,298/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,135/m²
54
€9.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.30 to €12.15/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Léré has fewer young adults than Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 7.2% are 15 to 24
In the comparison, Léré comes below both Cher’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 32% of the town.
51.3median age
LéréCher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Léré are out of work than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.8%
For Léré, that is above both Cher’s towns (11.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Léré has 450 jobs for 400 working residents, 1.1 per worker. At the census, 6.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
450
jobs based in Léré, 1.1 per working resident
14.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 29% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Léré: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Cher’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Léré sits above both Cher’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Léré: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Léré is Église collégiale Saint-Martin.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Léré
Is Léré safe?
Léré has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Léré expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.42/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Léré grades A for cost of living.
About Léré
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Léré is a commune of 1,110 people in the Communauté de communes Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. 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
1,110 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
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.
