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It is a town of 4,833 residents in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
Monnaie’s strongest subject is safety — an average of 7.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At €2,261/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Touraine-Est Vallées. What holds it back is walkability (C+): 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at A−, #18 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. On that grade it does better than 78% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Monnaie 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 Monnaie does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Monnaie; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1930.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Monnaie; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Monnaie.
The share of residents under 15 is 21%. Half of Monnaie is older than 40.4, half younger. 34% of adults hold a degree, about level with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (34%) and above compared French towns (30%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Monnaie | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Monnaie (2025). The police record for Monnaie lists 100 offenses in 2025. Police and gendarmerie recorded 100 offenses in the graded categories here in 2025.
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 vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (7.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Jobs based in Monnaie number 950, against 2,300 residents in work (0.4 per worker). At the census, 4.1% of working residents in Monnaie didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 3.1% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,261/m²: 131 houses and apartments sold in Monnaie between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.37/m² a month, lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€12.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,270/m² | 126 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 13% of the total, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Monnaie. The nearest emergency department to Monnaie is Sas Nouvelle clinique de Tours, 7.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 389 residents of Monnaie died, against 344 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. Women in Indre-et-Loire live to 86.1 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Heritage in and near Monnaie. Best known first.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Monnaie as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Monnaie is a commune of 4,833 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monnaie | 4,833 | — | A− | B | A− | B− |
| Parçay-Meslay | 2,574 | 4.4 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Chanceaux-sur-Choisille | 3,499 | 4.6 | A+ | B | A− | A |
| Notre-Dame-d'Oé | 4,515 | 5 | A | C− | A− | A |
| Vouvray | 3,420 | 5.5 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Vernou-sur-Brenne | 2,870 | 5.5 | — | B | — | B |
| Rochecorbon | 3,219 | 5.7 | A | C− | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,261/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Monnaie grades B 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.