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The town has 8,477 residents and lies in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. Households here earn well: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, better than 88% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #10 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
The one thing Ballan-Miré does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ballan-Miré 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.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Ballan-Miré; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1944.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Ballan-Miré. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ballan-Miré.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Ballan-Miré sell for €2,644/m², houses for €2,878/m². Houses made up four fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest. The estimated advertised rent is €13.04/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€12.32/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,878/m² | 186 |
| Apartments | €2,644/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in Ballan-Miré, burglary came up most often (2025). Recorded offenses locally came to 148 in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 10.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.6 (2023–2025 average).
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (116 places) counts its residents as Ballan-Miré’s; allowing for it, deaths were 22% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 932 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 819, 12% fewer. Women in Indre-et-Loire live to 86.1 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 5 general practitioners here.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Ballan-Miré, 97.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 93% passed the bac pro, of 103 candidates at 2 lycées. Also worth knowing: its schools’ results rank #9 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 90%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Gatien La Salle PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 115 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Gatien PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 170 | 95%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents. 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Ballan-Miré | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 6.8%, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Public transport took 5.7% of Ballan-Miré’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 6.1%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Ballan-Miré; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Église paroissiale Saint-Venant: Photo: Original téléversé par Céréales Killer sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de la Rochefuret: Photo: Novarag · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Ballan-Miré as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballan-Miré | 8,477 | — | A | C− | A− | A− |
| Joué-lès-Tours | 38,423 | 2.4 | B− | C | C+ | B+ |
| Savonnières | 3,392 | 2.5 | — | C+ | — | A |
| La Riche | 10,487 | 3.6 | C− | C− | D | B |
| Fondettes | 10,954 | 4.1 | A− | C− | B | A |
| Chambray-lès-Tours | 12,720 | 4.4 | B− | C− | D | A− |
| Luynes | 5,062 | 4.6 | A | C+ | B+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #12 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 49 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #9 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. The lycée stands out: 99% of 115 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Gatien La Salle in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ballan-Miré grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Ballan-Miré is a commune of 8,477 people in the Tours Métropole 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.