Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (C−): 15% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Chouzé-sur-Loire 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 Chouzé-sur-Loire 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Chouzé-sur-Loire has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Indre-et-Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.1 years for women and 81 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Adjusted mortality in Chouzé-sur-Loire: 101 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 215 residents of Chouzé-sur-Loire died, against 213 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Chouzé-sur-Loire is Centre hospitalier de Saumur, 8.5 mi away.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Chouzé-sur-Loire · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saumur
8.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saumur
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Money is tighter in Chouzé-sur-Loire than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,370 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 7.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Of those in the labour force, 8.5% are unemployed.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
300
jobs based in Chouzé-sur-Loire, 0.3 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 24% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Chouzé-sur-Loire is rich in protected monuments: 28 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Chouzé-sur-Loire has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. 42% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Chouzé-sur-Loire than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 18% of adults
The under-15s are 18% of the population here. The median resident of Chouzé-sur-Loire is 45.5 years old. Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older.
45.5median age
Chouzé-sur-LoireIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Chouzé-sur-Loire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The commonest graded crime in Chouzé-sur-Loire was vehicle theft (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 12 offenses in the town in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.5 (2023–2025 average).
4.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Vehicle theft7
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud16
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.
4.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
41.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 41.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chouzé-sur-Loire
Is Chouzé-sur-Loire safe?
Chouzé-sur-Loire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Chouzé-sur-Loire expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,483/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chouzé-sur-Loire grades A for cost of living.
About Chouzé-sur-Loire
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Chouzé-sur-Loire is a commune of 2,132 people in the Communauté de communes Chinon, Vienne et 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
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.
