Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5,606 people live in this town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
Where it does best is health (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on safety as well — an average of 6.8 recorded violent incidents and 17.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade comes out at A−, better than 81% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #15 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 La Ville-aux-Dames 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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The one thing La Ville-aux-Dames does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in La Ville-aux-Dames, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1947.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
La Ville-aux-Dames has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Charlock · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Ville-aux-Dames.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 373 residents of La Ville-aux-Dames died, against 484 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% fewer. Women in Indre-et-Loire live to 86.1 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 5 GPs practise locally.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
At the census, nearly a tenth of working residents in La Ville-aux-Dames went to work by public transport. Median disposable income is €26,550 a year for each consumption unit.
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.
The closest collège is 0.9 mi off. For exam results, it comes #10 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. At the general lycée, 96% of 56 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pablo NérudaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 70 | 99%+9 pts |
| Lycée privé Marmoutier PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 56 | 96%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Martin NadaudBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 109 | 91%+11 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.
Houses made up 91% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. 180 houses and apartments changed hands in La Ville-aux-Dames from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €13.21/m² a month, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€12.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,532/m² | 163 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
La Ville-aux-Dames’s tally for 2025: 134 recorded offenses. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 3% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 18%, above Indre-et-Loire’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Half the people of La Ville-aux-Dames are older than 44.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| La Ville-aux-Dames | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near La Ville-aux-Dames. Best known first.
ChâteauManoir des Basses-Rivières2.3 km northwest, in RochecorbonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cangé3 km southwest, in Saint-AvertinChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vaufoinard3.3 km northwest, in RochecorbonChâteauChâteauManoir de la Singerie4.9 km southwest, in Saint-AvertinAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Loup4.6 km west, in Saint-Pierre-des-CorpsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Ville-aux-Dames yet.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
La Ville-aux-Dames is a commune of 5,606 people in the Communauté de communes Touraine-Est Vallées. 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
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 Ville-aux-Dames | 5,606 | — | A− | C+ | C+ | A |
| Rochecorbon | 3,219 | 1.9 | A | C− | A− | A |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps | 15,898 | 2.1 | C+ | C+ | D− | B+ |
| Larçay | 2,657 | 2.2 | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Vouvray | 3,420 | 2.4 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Montlouis-sur-Loire | 11,335 | 2.9 | B− | C+ | C | B+ |
| Saint-Avertin | 14,999 | 2.9 | A− | C− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #24 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #10 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Ville-aux-Dames grades C+ for cost of living.
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.