Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,168 residents, it is a town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
Noizay’s best grade is for health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,047/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Val d'Amboise. Most journeys need a car: 42% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Noizay 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 Noizay 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.
Noizay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Noizay; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1973.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Noizay. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Noizay.
For its 550 residents in work, Noizay has 150 jobs: 0.3 each. Public transport took 4.0% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,310 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 113 deaths in Noizay from 2016 to 2025; there were 89, 21% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 79 per 100 expected, near Indre-et-Loire’s towns (79) and lower than compared French towns (88). 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.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 14th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Noizay; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Degrees are held by 39% of adults. Typical age in Noizay: 45.9, the median. 17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Indre-et-Loire’s towns (16%).
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Noizay | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,047/m²: 55 houses and apartments sold in Noizay between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.37/m² a month, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€12.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.77/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,047/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Noizay; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Noizay yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noizay | 1,168 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Vernou-sur-Brenne | 2,870 | 2.6 | — | B | — | B |
| Nazelles-Négron | 3,776 | 3.1 | B | B | B+ | B |
| Montlouis-sur-Loire | 11,335 | 4 | B− | C+ | C | B+ |
| Saint-Martin-le-Beau | 3,216 | 4.2 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Vouvray | 3,420 | 4.4 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Amboise | 12,937 | 4.5 | C− | C+ | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Noizay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,047/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Noizay grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Noizay is a commune of 1,168 people in the Communauté de communes du Val d'Amboise. 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 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.