Amboise’s lowest grade is for safety (D) — an average of 14.5 recorded violent incidents and 22.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, Amboise earns a C−, better than 20% of compared French towns. People here tend to be in good health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,383/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Val d'Amboise. It is strong on walkability as well — 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Amboise 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Amboise.
History
25 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2017. For its size, Amboise has 19 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments in the town is Fanum des Châteliers.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
For crime per resident, Amboise sits above 93% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Amboise was criminal damage (2025). This Indre-et-Loire town has 6,550 jobs for 4,850 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Recorded offenses locally came to 478 in 2025.
14.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage141
Family violence98
Other physical violence66
Burglary56
Sexual violence52
Vehicle theft33
Theft from vehicles32
Theft without violence110
Fraud74
Drug use58
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.
14.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
478
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.1% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
82.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 5.9 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Amboise, 94.4% passed the bac, near Indre-et-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #35 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Amboise sees fewer deaths than three in four compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Indre-et-Loire live to 86.1 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 1,727 residents of Amboise died, against 1,864 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 79 per 100 expected, about level with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (79) and below compared French towns (88). Also worth knowing: there are 9 general practitioners in the town.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Amboise · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Inter Communal Amboise Chateau Renault
14.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Amboise are out of work than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.0%
Median disposable income comes to €24,940 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 18.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Indre-et-Loire’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot8%
Public transport7%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
6,550
jobs based in Amboise, 1.3 per working resident
14.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 27% of people in Amboise are 65 or over, more than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%. Ages in Amboise split evenly at 45: half are older, half younger. Degrees are held by 31% of adults, lower than Indre-et-Loire’s towns (34%) and near compared French towns (30%).
45median age
AmboiseIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Amboise gets a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Amboise, houses go for €2,460/m² and apartments for €2,246/m². Behind the median of €2,383/m²: 491 houses and apartments sold in the town between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 70% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,383/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Amboise€2,383/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€2,465/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,460/m²
343
Apartments
€2,246/m²
148
€11.80/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.57 to €14.55/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.76/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Val d'Amboise
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Amboise’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Amboise
Is Amboise safe?
It grades D for safety, #33 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 56 burglaries and 141 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Amboise good?
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns and #35 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. 95% of 384 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Léonard de Vinci in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Amboise expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,383/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.80/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Amboise grades C+ for cost of living.
About Amboise
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Amboise is a commune of 12,937 people in the Communauté de communes du Val d'Amboise. 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
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.
