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1,079 residents make their home in this town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
La Celle-Saint-Avant’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too (C): 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% 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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. La Celle-Saint-Avant 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.
The one thing La Celle-Saint-Avant does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Celle-Saint-Avant 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.
La Celle-Saint-Avant has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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La Celle-Saint-Avant has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1971.
24% 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 La Celle-Saint-Avant.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in La Celle-Saint-Avant. 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. 115 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 105: 9% above. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to La Celle-Saint-Avant is Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault, 13.2 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.08/m² a month, lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€12.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in La Celle-Saint-Avant: 45 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.02/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,239/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The jobless rate is 11.2%. 6.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. La Celle-Saint-Avant has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Under 15: 18% of residents. 7.4% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are a quarter of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| La Celle-Saint-Avant | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near La Celle-Saint-Avant. Best known first.
La Celle-Saint-Avant has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église paroissiale Saint-Avant: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Celle-Saint-Avant as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Celle-Saint-Avant | 1,079 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Descartes | 3,369 | 4.7 | B | A+ | C− | B+ |
| Dangé-Saint-Romain Vienne | 2,959 | 5.9 | A | A | A− | A |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine | 4,092 | 6.4 | B+ | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Châtellerault Vienne | 31,003 | 14 | C+ | A− | C− | B |
| Thuré Vienne | 2,765 | 14 | A− | A | A | A− |
| Sorigny | 2,938 | 16 | — | B+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Celle-Saint-Avant has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Celle-Saint-Avant grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
La Celle-Saint-Avant is a commune of 1,079 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) · 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 9, 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.