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MouzayIndre-et-Loire

With 460 residents, it is a town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Mouzay a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Mouzay out for now.

Mouzay’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Mouzay’s story

No historic monuments in Mouzay

The Culture ministry lists no building in Mouzay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Tour de Mauvières, in Loches, 5.1 mi away.

42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

Landmarks

Nothing in Mouzay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mouzay.

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Mouzay, fewer than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns

53.2median age

Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Mouzay in two is 53.2.

MouzayIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mouzay
MouzayIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1513%16%17%
15–249.5%10%11%
25–4416%22%23%
45–6435%27%26%
65+26%24%22%
No diploma19%16%19%
CAP or BEP29%25%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education26%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 4.5% of commuters in Mouzay go to work without a car, fewer than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns

4%walk, cycle or take transit

Mouzay holds 50 jobs; 200 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. 7.5% of people in the labour force have no job. Half of residents lived on more than €25,930 a year per consumption unit, lower than Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€27,340) and near compared French towns (€25,970).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Mouzay, 0.3 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Mouzay costs less than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.19/m² a month

€10.19/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 12 homes were sold in Mouzay.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mouzay€10.19/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€12.32/m²
€10.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.90 to €13.14/m² a month)
€8.52/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mouzay

12pages on Mouzay
Nearby attractions

Château de La Bussière and 4 more in and around Mouzay

Heritage in and near Mouzay. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Mouzay

Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Mouzay as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

About Mouzay

Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire

Mouzay is a commune of 460 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

Population
460 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine
Département
Indre-et-Loire (37)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
9.1 sq mi (23.6 km²)
INSEE code
37162

Mouzay’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Indre-et-Loire →
LochesSaint-BranchsDescartesSainte-Maure-de-TouraineSorignyEsvresLochesSaint-BranchsDescartesSainte-Maure-de-TouraineSorignyEsvresMouzay
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mouzay460—————
Loches6,2345.2C+BDB
Saint-Branchs2,63711—A−—A−
Descartes3,36912BA+C−B+
Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine4,09213B+B+B−B+
Sorigny2,93814—B+—A
Esvres6,29415AC+AA

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

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.