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A town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, home to 1,746 people.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is walkability (D): 3% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Ambillou 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.
Each subject compares Ambillou 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.
Ambillou has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ambillou as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Champchevrier, in Cléré-les-Pins, 2.9 mi away.
18% 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 Ambillou.
3.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 6.0%, lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 400 jobs are based in Ambillou, for 850 working residents (0.5 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,130/m², lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€2,465/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 54 homes were sold in Ambillou.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,130/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 29% of adults. Ambillou has a median age of 43.2.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Ambillou | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Ambillou. The nearest emergency department to Ambillou is Sas Nouvelle clinique de Tours, 10.1 mi away. 108 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 118: 9% below. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Indre-et-Loire is 86.1 years for women and 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Nothing in Ambillou 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 Ambillou 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambillou | 1,746 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Luynes | 5,062 | 6 | A | C+ | B+ | A |
| Cinq-Mars-la-Pile | 4,015 | 6.8 | B+ | B− | A | C+ |
| Fondettes | 10,954 | 7.9 | A− | C− | B | A |
| La Membrolle-sur-Choisille | 3,290 | 8.3 | B− | C− | C | A− |
| Langeais | 4,367 | 8.6 | C+ | B− | C+ | C+ |
| Savonnières | 3,392 | 8.8 | — | C+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ambillou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ambillou grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Ambillou is a commune of 1,746 people in the Communauté de communes Touraine Ouest 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
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 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.