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Saint-AmbroixCher

A town in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, home to 374 people.

Is Saint-Ambroix a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Saint-Ambroix is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Saint-Ambroix’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Ambroix’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Ambroix

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Chouday, 3.1 mi away.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Ambroix.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Saint-Ambroix hold a degree than in Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 19%

Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population. Children under 15 make up 15%, about level with Cher’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Saint-Ambroix are older than 48.2.

48.2median age
Saint-AmbroixCher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP41%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Ambroix
Saint-AmbroixCher medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–2410%9.2%11%
25–4419%20%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+22%29%22%
No diploma16%25%19%
CAP or BEP41%30%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education19%20%30%

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

Work & commute

More people in Saint-Ambroix are out of work than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.0%

Half of residents lived on more than €27,340 a year per consumption unit, above Cher’s towns (€24,000) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Jobs based in Saint-Ambroix number 50, against 150 residents in work (0.3 per worker). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.2% of commuters travelled at the census.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot4%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Ambroix, 0.3 per working resident
14.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Ambroix than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.80/m² a month

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

7 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Ambroix from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.80/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Ambroix€8.80/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cher median€9.78/m²
€8.80/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.14 to €10.84/m² a month)
€6.66/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 Saint-Ambroix

11pages on Saint-Ambroix

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Saint-Ambroix

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Ambroix yet.

How we find them →

Saint-Ambroix’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 →
IssoudunSaint-Florent-sur-CherLa Chapelle-Saint-UrsinTrouyMehun-sur-YèvreSaint-DoulchardIssoudunSaint-Florent-sur-CherLa Chapelle-Saint-UrsinTrouyMehun-sur-YèvreSaint-DoulchardSaint-Ambroix
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Ambroix374—————
Issoudun Indre11,1596C−A+D−C
Saint-Florent-sur-Cher6,4637.4C−BCD
La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin3,68113ABA+B−
Trouy4,05514BBAC
Mehun-sur-Yèvre6,38015CAC+D
Saint-Doulchard9,64717B+C+C+B+

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

About Saint-Ambroix

Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Saint-Ambroix is a commune of 374 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Issoudun. 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
374 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays d'Issoudun
Département
Cher (18)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
12.3 sq mi (31.8 km²)
INSEE code
18198

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.