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In Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, this town has 1,626 residents.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. People here tend to be in good 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. Its lowest grade is for walkability: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C+): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Menetou-Salon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Menetou-Salon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Menetou-Salon 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.
Menetou-Salon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Menetou-Salon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
30% 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 Menetou-Salon.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
52 sales of houses and apartments in Menetou-Salon, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,181/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,181/m² | 52 |
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Menetou-Salon have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Menetou-Salon is Ch Bourges Jacques Coeur, 10.4 mi away. 223 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 208: 7% above. In Cher, women can expect to live 84 years and men 78.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Unemployment stands at 9.4%. The median disposable income was €26,510 a year per consumption unit, higher than Cher’s towns (€24,000) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.9% of working residents in Menetou-Salon didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 26% of adults. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, about level with Cher’s towns (29%) and above compared French towns (22%). Ages in Menetou-Salon split evenly at 49.3: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Menetou-Salon | Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Menetou-Salon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Menetou-Salon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Menetou-Salon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menetou-Salon | 1,626 | — | — | A+ | — | A− |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny | 2,546 | 4.5 | — | A | — | D |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy | 4,779 | 9 | C | B+ | C− | B− |
| Saint-Doulchard | 9,647 | 10 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Bourges | 64,186 | 11 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin | 3,681 | 14 | A | B | A+ | B− |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre | 6,380 | 14 | C | A | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Menetou-Salon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,181/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Menetou-Salon grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Menetou-Salon is a commune of 1,626 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 November 4, 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.