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Sury-près-LéréCher

It is a town of 649 residents in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Population

649

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€8.06

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Median income

€26,560

a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970

Walk, cycle, transit

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Sury-près-Léré a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Sury-près-Léré out for now. Holiday and other second homes account for 13% of homes.

What makes Sury-près-Léré stand out

The one thing Sury-près-Léré does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste · Classé · Photo: Photo prise par moi-même · CC BY-SA 3.0

Sury-près-Léré’s story

Sury-près-Léré in pictures

Sury-près-Léré has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Pierre Louis André Sabathier, born in 1739, is the one person born in Sury-près-Léré before 1900 that Wikidata records.

1992First protected: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste

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Nearby attractions

Centrale nucléaire de Belleville and 2 more in and around Sury-près-Léré

Other places to visit and heritage in and near Sury-près-Léré. Best known first.

All attractions →

AttractionAttractionCentrale nucléaire de Belleville3.2 km northeast, in Belleville-sur-Loire AttractionAttractionCollégiale Saint-Martin de Léré1.8 km southeast, in Léré ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Villattes2.1 km south, in Léré

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sury-près-Léré.

History

Old homes shape Sury-près-Léré: 29% were built before 1919, more than in both Cher’s towns and compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Sury-près-Léré is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste 16th c.

16th c.

oldest protected part

1992

first monument protected

Full pageSury-près-Léré’s history pageOpen the full History page

Age of homes29% built before 1919 · Older homes Map1 historic monument Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Sury-près-Léré?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Sury-près-Léré has fewer young adults than Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 6.1% are 15 to 24

The share of residents under 15 is 19%. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Cher’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 25% of adults.

44.3median age

Sury-près-LéréCher medianFrance median

Cher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

21%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%

CAP or BEP30%

Baccalauréat18%

Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sury-près-Léré
	Sury-près-Léré	Cher median	France median
Under 15	19%	15%	17%
15–24	6.1%	9.2%	11%
25–44	26%	20%	23%
45–64	28%	27%	26%
65+	21%	29%	22%
No diploma	19%	25%	19%
CAP or BEP	30%	30%	26%
Baccalauréat	18%	18%	18%
Higher education	25%	20%	30%

Full pageSury-près-Léré’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages44.3 median age · 21% are 65 or over Households290 households · 2.2 people per household Born abroad0.8% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Sury-près-Léré?”

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Sury-près-Léré are out of work than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.0%

After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,560 a year per consumption unit. Sury-près-Léré has 100 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.2% of commuters at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%

On foot5%

Public transport1%

Bicycle1%

Motorbike or scooter1%

100

jobs based in Sury-près-Léré, 0.4 per working resident

7.0%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€26,560

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

10%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

Full pageSury-près-Léré’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Jobs based here100 jobs based here · 0.4 per working resident Getting to work7% walk, cycle or take transit Median income€26,560 a year · Median income per consumption unit

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Sury-près-Léré than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.06/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 29 homes in Sury-près-Léré.

€8.06/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sury-près-Léré€8.06/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Cher median€9.78/m²

€8.06/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.29 to €10.34/m² a month)

€7.30/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageSury-près-Léré’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting€8.06/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sury-près-Léré

12pages on Sury-près-Léré

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 5.7 mi away Work & commute100 jobs based here Housing29 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors6% of the commune is protected nature AttractionsClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 44.3 History1 historic monument Town HallFamous peopleOne notable person born here

Landmarks

Sury-près-Léré has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →

Église Saint-Jean-BaptisteChurch · 16th c.

Classé

Église collégiale Saint-MartinChurch · 12th & 16th c. · in Léré, 1.1 mi

Classé

Etablissement rural gallo-romainArchaeological site · Antiquity · in Neuvy-sur-Loire, 3.7 mi

Classé

Château de BuranlureChâteau · 15th–18th c. · in Boulleret, 5.2 mi

Photo credits

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Photo prise par moi-même · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Sury-près-Léré

One notable person was born in Sury-près-Léré.

Their page →

Pierre Louis André SabathierFrench politician (1739-1820)

Sury-près-Léré’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 →

Cosne-Cours-sur-LoireChâtillon-sur-LoireBriareGienSury-près-Léré

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Sury-près-Léré	649	—	—	—	—	—
Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire Nièvre	9,733	6.5	B	A	D	C⁺
Châtillon-sur-Loire Loiret	3,065	8.7	A⁻	A⁻	B⁺	B⁻
Briare Loiret	4,911	12	C	A⁻	C	B⁻
Gien Loiret	13,459	18	C⁻	B⁺	C⁻	C⁻

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

About Sury-près-Léré

Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Sury-près-Léré is a commune of 649 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: 649 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Département: Cher (18)
Région: Centre-Val de Loire
Area: 6.9 sq mi (18 km²)
INSEE code: 18257

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 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.