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AbillyIndre-et-Loire

Some 1,116 people live in this town, in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Abilly a good place to live?

Abilly’s strongest subject is cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side (D): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. It also trails on walkability — 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. People aged 65 and over make up 37% of residents.

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Abilly 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.

What makes Abilly stand out

The 2 things Abilly does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Abilly grades

Each subject compares Abilly 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 grading works

Abilly has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesAOpen →Jobs & income11.0% unemploymentDOpen →WalkabilityMost errands need a carC−Open →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French townsBOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Inscrit · Photo: Gerard Jalaudin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Abilly’s story

Abilly in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Abilly, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Alexandre-Robert Conty, born in 1864, is the one person born in Abilly before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1948First protected: Manoir de La Châtière
  • 1949Most recently protected: Église Saint-Martin
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Abilly.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Abilly than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 13% of adults

The 15-to-24 age group: 6.7%, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Residents of Abilly have a median age of 57.2.

57.2median age
AbillyIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma31%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education13%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Abilly
AbillyIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1513%16%17%
15–246.7%10%11%
25–4416%22%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+37%24%22%
No diploma31%16%19%
CAP or BEP35%25%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education13%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

HousingCost of living A

Renting in Abilly costs less than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.08/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 27 homes were sold in Abilly.

€9.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Abilly€9.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€12.32/m²
€9.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.19 to €11.45/m² a month)
€6.27/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine

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

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Money is tighter in Abilly than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,810 a year per consumption unit

At the census, 5.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Unemployment stood at 11.0%, higher than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
250
jobs based in Abilly, 0.6 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns

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

HealthHealth B

Abilly records 83 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 79 in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and 88 in compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

In Indre-et-Loire, women can expect to live 86.1 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 332 deaths in Abilly between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 266: 25% above. The nearest emergency department to Abilly is Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault, 11.1 mi away.

−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw125
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Abilly · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault
11.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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.

History

Abilly keeps more of its old housing than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919

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

Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Abilly, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
12th c.
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected

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

Nearby attractions

Manoir de la Chatière and 7 more in and around Abilly

Heritage and museums in and near Abilly. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Abilly

13pages on Abilly

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Abilly, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Gerard Jalaudin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Abilly

One notable person was born in Abilly.

Their page →

Abilly’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 Indre-et-Loire →
DescartesDangé-Saint-RomainChâtelleraultSainte-Maure-de-TouraineThuréNaintréDescartesDangé-Saint-RomainChâtelleraultSainte-Maure-de-TouraineThuréNaintréAbilly
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Abilly1,116——A—B
Descartes3,3693BA+C−B+
Dangé-Saint-Romain Vienne2,9595.8AAA−A
Châtellerault Vienne31,00312C+A−C−B
Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine4,09213B+B+B−B+
Thuré Vienne2,76514A−AAA−
Naintré Vienne5,96417AA−B+A

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

Questions about Abilly

Is Abilly safe?

Abilly has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 8.3 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

About Abilly

Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire

Abilly is a commune of 1,116 people in the Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine. 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
1,116 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine
Département
Indre-et-Loire (37)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
11.8 sq mi (30.6 km²)
INSEE code
37001

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.