Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,055 in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Trouy grades B overall: better than 60% of compared French towns, and #7 of 14 in Cher. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 24% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,704/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Bourges Plus. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 1.1 recorded violent incidents and 12.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Trouy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Trouy 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Trouy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien château de Lazenay, in Bourges, 2.2 mi away.
4.4% 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 Trouy.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 45 offenses in the graded categories in Trouy in 2025. Trouy comes 2nd of the 14 compared towns in Cher on the Safety Grade. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 12.0% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Trouy above both Cher’s towns (€24,000) and compared French towns (€25,970). 4.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Trouy has 450 jobs for 1,850 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Trouy is below both Cher’s towns (86.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RenoirNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 133 | 83%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 331 residents of Trouy died, against 346 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,704/m², comes from 117 sales of houses and apartments in Trouy from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.46/m² a month, above Cher’s towns (€9.78/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,704/m² | 117 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.6% of residents are 15 to 24 and 25% are 65 or over, against 9.2% and 29% in the median compared commune of Cher. 31% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Cher 20%, France 30%).
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Trouy | Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Gardens, museums and other places to visit in and near Trouy. Best known first.
Nothing in Trouy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Trouy yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trouy | 4,055 | — | B | B | A | C |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin | 3,681 | 3 | A | B | A+ | B− |
| Bourges | 64,186 | 3.8 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Doulchard | 9,647 | 5 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher | 6,463 | 6.2 | C− | B | C | D |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy | 4,779 | 7.1 | C | B+ | C− | B− |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre | 6,380 | 10 | C | A | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #2 of 14 in Cher. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #10 of 14 in Cher. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Trouy grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Trouy is a commune of 4,055 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
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 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.