Crime is low: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health lags (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,910/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Touraine Ouest Val de Loire. It lags on walkability as well (C+): 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall, better than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #22 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Cinq-Mars-la-Pile 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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Ancien château · Classé · Photo: Duch.seb · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile’s story
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Cinq-Mars-la-Pile: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
That’s 12 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 89% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
21% 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 Cinq-Mars-la-Pile.
History
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile keeps more of its old housing than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 3 of 5. Among the classé monuments in Cinq-Mars-la-Pile is Pile romaine. The town has 12 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (7.3) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in the town: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A younger town: only 14% of people in Cinq-Mars-la-Pile are 65 or over, fewer than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
The share of residents under 15 is 22%. Line up the people of Cinq-Mars-la-Pile by age and the one in the middle is 38.4. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.9%, close to Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and below compared French towns (11%).
38.4median age
Cinq-Mars-la-PileIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
For crime per resident, Cinq-Mars-la-Pile sits below 86% of compared French towns
In 2025, 61 offenses were recorded in Cinq-Mars-la-Pile. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 61 offenses in the graded categories here in 2025.
6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Family violence13
Theft from vehicles11
Sexual violence9
Burglary8
Fraud24
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.
6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
61
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.1%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 9.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile has lower unemployment than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 7.5%
1,150 jobs are based in Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, for 2,000 working residents (0.6 per worker). The census found 9.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Also worth knowing: at the census, 4.7% of working residents in Cinq-Mars-la-Pile didn’t travel to work at all.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,150
jobs based in Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, 0.6 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,030
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile sees 92 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Cinq-Mars-la-Pile is Chr Tours Hopital Annexe Pour Enfants Clocheville, 11.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 233 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 215, 8% fewer. 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. There are 5 general practitioners in the town.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Cinq-Mars-la-Pile · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chr Tours Hopital Annexe Pour Enfants Clocheville
10.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Regional Universitaire Bretonneau
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 9.4 mi off. On results, collèges and lycées here come #29 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. The nearest collège is 2.5 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile gets a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,910/m², comes from 109 sales of houses and apartments in Cinq-Mars-la-Pile from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.34/m² a month, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€12.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.87/m² a month.
€1,910/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile€1,910/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€2,465/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,910/m²
107
€11.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.95 to €14.37/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,020
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Touraine Ouest Val de Loire
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Cinq-Mars-la-Pile: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Pile romaine: Photo: Duch.seb · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Médard: Photo: Duch.seb · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir de la Roche-Musset: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de la Farinière: Photo: Duch.seb · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cinq-Mars-la-Pile
Is Cinq-Mars-la-Pile safe?
It grades A for safety, #5 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cinq-Mars-la-Pile good?
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #29 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cinq-Mars-la-Pile expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,910/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cinq-Mars-la-Pile grades B− for cost of living.
About Cinq-Mars-la-Pile
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile is a commune of 4,015 people in the Communauté de communes Touraine Ouest 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
Population
4,015 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Touraine Ouest Val de Loire
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.
