Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 12,720 people, lies in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire. 15- to 24-year-olds are 15% of the population.
With a B− overall, Chambray-lès-Tours is better than 53% of compared French towns and ranks #25 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Safety is its weak spot (D) — an average of 9.5 recorded violent incidents and 23.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At €2,719/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Tours Métropole Val de Loire.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Chambray-lès-Tours 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 2 things Chambray-lès-Tours does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chambray-lès-Tours as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle des Minimes, in Tours, 3.6 mi away.
3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Chambray-lès-Tours is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chambray-lès-Tours.
17.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 13,250 jobs are based in Chambray-lès-Tours, for 5,150 working residents (2.6 per worker). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Chambray-lès-Tours didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Chambray-lès-Tours came to 431 in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (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 armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% 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.
At birth, a girl in Indre-et-Loire can expect 86.1 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 1,359 deaths in Chambray-lès-Tours between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,476: 8% below. This Indre-et-Loire town has 18 family doctors.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,719/m², comes from 473 sales of houses and apartments in Chambray-lès-Tours from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses sell for €2,758/m² here, apartments for €2,660/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.55/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,758/m² | 233 |
| Apartments | €2,660/m² | 240 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Chambray-lès-Tours is 95.7%, close to Indre-et-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 91% passed the bac pro, of 376 candidates at 5 lycées. On school results, the town ranks #14 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Étienne PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 98%+1 pt |
| Lycée privé Sainte-Marguerite PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 73 | 97%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Gatien La Salle PrivateBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 25 | 100%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 38% of adults, higher than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). Chambray-lès-Tours has a median age of 43.3. The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents.
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Chambray-lès-Tours | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Chambray-lès-Tours. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Beaulieu4.1 km northwest, in Joué-lès-ToursChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Branchoirein townChâteauChâteauChâteau du Bois des Hâtesin townZooZooFerme Pédagogique Ma Petite Madelainein townChâteauChâteauLes Barillersin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
22 notable people were born in Chambray-lès-Tours.
Mikaël Silvestre: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Adam Ounas: Ronan Caroff, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Laurent Bonnart: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jonathan Hivert: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Matthieu Dossevi: Le Mans, CC BY 3.0 · Florent Brard: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY 3.0
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Chambray-lès-Tours is a commune of 12,720 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambray-lès-Tours | 12,720 | — | B− | C− | D | A− |
| Saint-Avertin | 14,999 | 1.7 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Joué-lès-Tours | 38,423 | 2.1 | B− | C | C+ | B+ |
| Larçay | 2,657 | 3.3 | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Veigné | 6,865 | 3.4 | A | C | A− | A− |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps | 15,898 | 3.6 | C+ | C+ | D− | B+ |
| Tours | 139,259 | 3.6 | C | C− | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #30 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 50 burglaries and 123 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns and #14 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. 97% of 73 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Sainte-Marguerite in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,719/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.73/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chambray-lès-Tours grades C− for cost of living.
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.