Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, this town has 2,067 residents.
Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Health outcomes beat most towns (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,731/m² takes 4.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Chinon, Vienne et Loire. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and B for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Avoine 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.
The 2 things Avoine does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Avoine 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.
Avoine has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Avoine, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1949.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Avoine. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Coulaine3.4 km south, in Beaumont-en-VéronChâteauChâteauManoir de la Baronnièrein townChâteauChâteauChâteau des Réaux4.9 km northwest, in Chouzé-sur-LoireChâteauChâteauChâteau de Velors1.2 km south, in Beaumont-en-VéronChâteauChâteauChâteau de Détilly1.9 km southwest, in Beaumont-en-VéronPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Avoine.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 4.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri BecquerelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 95%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 17.9% of commuters travelled at the census. 11.1% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Avoine number 4,600, against 800 residents in work (5.6 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
168 deaths in Avoine between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 195: 14% below. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Avoine come to 77 per 100 predicted. This Indre-et-Loire town has 7 family doctors. Also worth knowing: in Indre-et-Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.1 years for women and 81 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Recorded offenses in Avoine came to 41 in 2025. Violence against people averaged 8.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9.7. In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes here.
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 · When sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (23.5% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.03/m² a month, lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€12.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Avoine: 55 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.58/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,875/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, close to Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and above compared French towns (7.4%). Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
18% are under 15, higher than Indre-et-Loire’s towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Avoine is 46.3 years old. Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Avoine | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Avoine has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Manoir de la Baronnière: Photo: Joël Thibault · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Avoine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoine | 2,067 | — | — | B | B | A− |
| Beaumont-en-Véron | 2,717 | 0.9 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Chinon | 8,144 | 4 | C+ | B+ | D | C+ |
| Bourgueil | 3,631 | 5.2 | A | A− | C+ | B− |
| Allonnes Maine-et-Loire | 2,911 | 9.9 | B+ | A− | B+ | C |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux Maine-et-Loire | 3,435 | 12 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Langeais | 4,367 | 13 | C+ | B− | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Avoine grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Avoine is a commune of 2,067 people in the Communauté de communes Chinon, Vienne et 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.