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1,378 people call this town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire home.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. Homes go for a median €1,471/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Manthelan 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 Manthelan 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.
Manthelan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Manthelan does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Manthelan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Grillemont et ses communs, in La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin, 3.4 mi away.
31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Manthelan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Manthelan.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Manthelan’s deaths ran at 76 per 100 expected, close to Indre-et-Loire’s towns (79) and below compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 144 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 109, 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Manthelan is Chru de Tours Antenne de Loches, 9.5 mi away. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Manthelan recorded 47 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,471/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €24,660 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took 2.2% of Manthelan’s working residents to work at the census. Also worth knowing: 8.3% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Manthelan has a median age of 44.5. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Manthelan | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Manthelan as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Manthelan is a commune of 1,378 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manthelan | 1,378 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Saint-Branchs | 2,637 | 6.5 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine | 4,092 | 8.6 | B+ | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Sorigny | 2,938 | 8.8 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Loches | 6,234 | 9.1 | C+ | B | D | B |
| Esvres | 6,294 | 11 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Montbazon | 4,874 | 11 | A+ | C | A− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Manthelan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 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 Manthelan grades A− 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 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.