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BosséeIndre-et-Loire

327 residents make their home in this town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Bossée a good place to live?

There are no grades for Bossée: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.

Église Saint-Laurent
Église Saint-Laurent · Classé · Photo: Joël Thibault · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bossée’s story

Bossée in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Bossée counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1921.

39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1921First protected: Église Saint-Laurent
  • 1949Most recently protected: Ancien château des Etangs
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bossée.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Bossée than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 15% are under 15

27% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.5%. What’s more, people 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town.

45.7median age
BosséeIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bossée
BosséeIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–248.5%10%11%
25–4426%22%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+19%24%22%
No diploma16%16%19%
CAP or BEP31%25%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education27%34%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Bossée: 39% were built before 1919, more than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns

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

On the Culture ministry’s list, Bossée counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Saint-Laurent. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1921
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Bossée are out of work than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.6%

8.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Bossée has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Median disposable income comes to €25,170 a year per consumption unit.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Bossée, 0.4 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Bossée costs less than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.89/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €9.31/m² a month. The market in Bossée: 21 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€9.89/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bossée€9.89/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€12.32/m²
€9.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.05 to €12.15/m² a month)
€9.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château des Étangs and 3 more in and around Bossée

Heritage, gardens and other places to visit in and near Bossée. Best known first.

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

Everything we know about Bossée

12pages on Bossée

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Bossée counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Ancien château des Etangs: Photo: photo : Yann Gwilhoù · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Laurent: Photo: Joël Thibault · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Bossée

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bossée yet.

How we find them →

Bossée’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 →
Sainte-Maure-de-TouraineSaint-BranchsSorignyDescartesMontbazonMontsSainte-Maure-de-TouraineSaint-BranchsSorignyDescartesMontbazonMontsBossée
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bossée327—————
Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine4,0925.2B+B+B−B+
Saint-Branchs2,6378—A−—A−
Sorigny2,9389.1—B+—A
Descartes3,3699.4BA+C−B+
Montbazon4,87412A+CA−A+
Monts8,08012A+B−A−A

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

About Bossée

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

Bossée is a commune of 327 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
327 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine
Département
Indre-et-Loire (37)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
7.3 sq mi (19 km²)
INSEE code
37029

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 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.