Good value, with catches elsewhere. Taken together, its subjects give Mehun-sur-Yèvre a C overall, better than 28% of compared French towns. Its schools fall short: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Mehun-sur-Yèvre 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.
Porte de Ville dite Porte de l'Horloge: Photo: Croquant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église collégiale Notre-Dame: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mehun-sur-Yèvre.
Schools
Exam results around Mehun-sur-Yèvre trail 92% of compared French towns
82.0%passed the brevetDSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Mehun-sur-Yèvre, 82.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, lower than both Cher’s towns (86.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Its schools’ results rank #14 of 14 in Cher. The closest collège is 0.6 mi off.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Mehun-sur-Yèvre than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.14/m² a month
€1,364/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,364/m², comes from 291 sales of houses and apartments in Mehun-sur-Yèvre from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mehun-sur-Yèvre€1,364/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Cher median€1,298/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,422/m²
282
€9.14/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.41 to €11.27/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Bourges Plus
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Mehun-sur-Yèvre has a higher adjusted death rate than 86% of compared French towns
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
1,015 deaths in Mehun-sur-Yèvre between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 832: 22% above. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Mehun-sur-Yèvre come to 104 per 100 predicted. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Mehun-sur-Yèvre is Ch de Vierzon, 9.9 mi away. This Cher town has 7 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Mehun-sur-Yèvre · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Vierzon
6.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Guillaume de Varye
84 · 78.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Mehun-sur-Yèvre keeps more of its old housing than Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For its size, Mehun-sur-Yèvre has 7.8 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments locally is Église collégiale Notre-Dame. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in the town: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Mehun-sur-Yèvre, fewer than in both Cher’s towns and compared French towns
50.7median age
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, about level with Cher’s towns (20%) and below compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Those 65 and older account for 29% of residents.
Mehun-sur-YèvreCher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Crime per resident in Mehun-sur-Yèvre is higher than in 61% of compared French towns
6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Violence against people averaged 6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 17.7. All told, Mehun-sur-Yèvre had 145 recorded offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was burglary (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary43
Criminal damage36
Family violence28
Sexual violence13
Vehicle theft9
Theft from vehicles9
Other physical violence7
Fraud51
Theft without violence37
Drug use8
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.
6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
145
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer people in Mehun-sur-Yèvre are out of work than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 9.4%
9%walk, cycle or take transit
9.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Cher’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Mehun-sur-Yèvre holds 1,800 jobs; 2,600 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,890 a year.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,800
jobs based in Mehun-sur-Yèvre, 0.7 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
Mehun-sur-Yèvre is a commune of 6,380 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Bourges Plus. 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
6,380 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Bourges Plus
Département
Cher (18)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
9.4 sq mi (24.4 km²)
INSEE code
18141
Mehun-sur-Yèvre’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Is Mehun-sur-Yèvre safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #9 of 14 in Cher. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 43 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mehun-sur-Yèvre good?
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mehun-sur-Yèvre expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,364/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mehun-sur-Yèvre grades A for cost of living.
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.
