Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 425 people live in this town, in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
At under 1,000 residents, Ciran is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 14% of its housing.
The one thing Ciran does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ciran as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Mandé-Saint-Jean, in Ferrière-Larçon, 4.6 mi away.
47% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ciran.
Retirement age and beyond: just over a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 15%, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Line up the people of Ciran by age and the one in the middle is 49.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Ciran | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Ciran: 50, for 200 residents in work (0.2 each). Half of residents lived on more than €23,930 a year per consumption unit, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€27,340) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. No commute at all: 3.3% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 6.9 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maurice GenevoixNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 88 | 97%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 15 homes in Ciran.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Ciran. Best known first.
Nothing in Ciran is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ciran yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciran | 425 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Loches | 6,234 | 7.3 | C+ | B | D | B |
| Descartes | 3,369 | 10 | B | A+ | C− | B+ |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine | 4,092 | 12 | B+ | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Saint-Branchs | 2,637 | 13 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Sorigny | 2,938 | 15 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Dangé-Saint-Romain Vienne | 2,959 | 16 | A | A | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Ciran is a commune of 425 people in the Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine. 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) · 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.