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Home to 1,021 people, this town lies in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability (D). A 70 m² home at the median €1,871/m² costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Val d'Amboise.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Cangey 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 Cangey does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cangey 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.
Cangey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Cangey; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cangey.
Unemployment stands at 6.9%. 5.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Cangey has 100 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,830 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The nearest emergency department to Cangey is Centre hospitalier Inter Communal Amboise Chateau Renault, 6.3 mi away. 60 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 83: 27% below. Women in Indre-et-Loire live to 86.1 on average and men to 81 (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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,871/m²: 41 houses and apartments sold in Cangey between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 41 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,871/m² | 41 |
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.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Cangey; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Cangey has a median age of 50.1. 30% of adults hold a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Cangey | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Graded property crimes ran at 7.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.3 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most in Cangey was other physical violence (2025).
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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Cangey. Best known first.
Cangey has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Joël Thibault · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Cangey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cangey | 1,021 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Veuzain-sur-Loire Loir-et-Cher | 3,333 | 5.2 | B | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Nazelles-Négron | 3,776 | 6 | B | B | B+ | B |
| Amboise | 12,937 | 6.2 | C− | C+ | D | B+ |
| La Croix-en-Touraine | 2,543 | 9.9 | B+ | B | B+ | A− |
| Château-Renault | 4,392 | 11 | C− | A | D− | C+ |
| Montrichard Val de Cher Loir-et-Cher | 3,611 | 11 | C+ | A− | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cangey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,871/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cangey grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Cangey is a commune of 1,021 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
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.