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This town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire has a population of 1,359.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is its weak spot — 5% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,078/m² costs 5.6 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) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Chargé 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.
Each subject compares Chargé 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.
Chargé 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 Chargé; none is classé, France’s top protection.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Maxime Lenoir, born in 1888, is the one person born in Chargé before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Chargé. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau d'Amboise4.1 km southwest, in Amboise
MuseumChâteau du Clos Lucé3.9 km southwest, in Amboise
ChâteauChâteau de Château-Gaillard3.5 km southwest, in Amboise
MuseumMusée-Hôtel Morin4.3 km southwest, in AmboiseMuseumMuseumMusée de la Résistance et de la Bataille de la Loirein townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chargé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
6 GPs practise in Chargé. In Indre-et-Loire, women can expect to live 86.1 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 105 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 63, 40% fewer.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
9.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,050 a year. At the census, 3.1% of working residents in Chargé didn’t travel to work at all.
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 Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Chargé; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,078/m²: 51 houses and apartments sold in Chargé between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,045/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: a fifth of residents are 65 or older. The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, above Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Under 15: 17% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Chargé | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Chargé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Chargé.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chargé | 1,359 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| Amboise | 12,937 | 2.7 | C− | C+ | D | B+ |
| Nazelles-Négron | 3,776 | 3.5 | B | B | B+ | B |
| La Croix-en-Touraine | 2,543 | 6.2 | B+ | B | B+ | A− |
| Bléré | 5,352 | 7.8 | C | B− | C | B |
| Saint-Martin-le-Beau | 3,216 | 7.9 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Veuzain-sur-Loire Loir-et-Cher | 3,333 | 8 | B | B+ | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chargé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 800 jobs for 650 working residents, Chargé draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,078/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chargé grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Chargé is a commune of 1,359 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 October 30, 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.