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A town of 291 in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Osmoy a good place to live?

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

What makes Osmoy stand out

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Osmoy’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Osmoy’s story

No historic monuments in Osmoy

The Culture ministry lists no building in Osmoy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Solange, in Sainte-Solange, 4.6 mi away.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Osmoy has fewer older residents than Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are 65 or over

10% are under 15, lower than both Cher’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are just over two fifths of the population. Among adults, 33% have a degree.

23.8median age
OsmoyCher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma9%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Osmoy
OsmoyCher medianFrance median
Under 1510%15%17%
15–2441%9.2%11%
25–4415%20%23%
45–6422%27%26%
65+13%29%22%
No diploma8.7%25%19%
CAP or BEP20%30%26%
Baccalauréat25%18%18%
Higher education33%20%30%

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

Work & commute

More people in Osmoy are out of work than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 37.9%

The median disposable income was €30,320 a year per consumption unit, above Cher’s towns (€24,000) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Osmoy holds 200 jobs; 100 of its residents are in work, so 1.6 jobs each. Public transport took 6.6% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.

12%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
Public transport7%
Motorbike or scooter6%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
200
jobs based in Osmoy, 1.6 per working resident
37.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

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

Collège pupils travel 2.3 mi to the nearest one. The nearest general lycée is 4.7 mi away.

86.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Osmoy86.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollègeCollège8786%−1 pt
86.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
2.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Osmoy is €11.46/m² a month

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

Sales in Osmoy from July 2023 to June 2026: 2 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €8.61/m² a month.

€11.46/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Osmoy€11.46/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cher median€9.78/m²
€11.46/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.36 to €15.70/m² a month)
€8.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Maubranche and 2 more in and around Osmoy

Heritage in and near Osmoy. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Osmoy

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Landmarks

Nothing in Osmoy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Osmoy

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Osmoy yet.

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Osmoy’s neighbors

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

All towns in Cher →
Saint-Germain-du-PuyBourgesAvordSaint-DoulchardTrouyLa Chapelle-Saint-UrsinSaint-Germain-du-PuyBourgesAvordSaint-DoulchardTrouyLa Chapelle-Saint-UrsinOsmoy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Osmoy291—————
Saint-Germain-du-Puy4,7792.1CB+C−B−
Bourges64,1865.1C+BC−C+
Avord2,9097A−AB+C−
Saint-Doulchard9,6477B+C+C+B+
Trouy4,0557.2BBAC
La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin3,6818.7ABA+B−

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

About Osmoy

Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Osmoy is a commune of 291 people in the Communauté de communes La Septaine. 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
291 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes La Septaine
Département
Cher (18)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
8.9 sq mi (23 km²)
INSEE code
18174

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.