Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,574 in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
Work and incomes are strong (A+): 2.9 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment. Where it falls short is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and B for walkability. It has 3,500 jobs for 1,200 working residents.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Parçay-Meslay has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Parçay-Meslay 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.
Parçay-Meslay has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Parçay-Meslay does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Parçay-Meslay counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1939.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Parçay-Meslay counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ferme monastique de Meslay: Photo: Lanfeust · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Logis seigneurial de Parçay: Photo: Duch · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Parçay-Meslay.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Indre-et-Loire can expect 86.1 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 208 deaths in Parçay-Meslay from 2016 to 2025; there were 166, 20% fewer. 3 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €11.26/m² a month. Houses were 98% of what sold. The market in Parçay-Meslay: 52 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,690/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Parçay-Meslay, 95.5% passed the bac, about level with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #19 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre de RonsardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 135 | 76%−3 pts |
| Lycée Jacques de VaucansonNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 311 | 98%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Marmoutier PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 84 | 100%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 7% of the total, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Parçay-Meslay is Église Saint-Pierre. On the Culture ministry’s list, Parçay-Meslay counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, nearly one in ten commuters got to work without a car. Unemployment stood at 7.5%, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
21% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Indre-et-Loire’s towns (16%). The middle age in Parçay-Meslay is 45.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Parçay-Meslay | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
The commonest graded crime in Parçay-Meslay was theft from vehicles (2025). Its tally for 2025: 27 recorded offenses. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.6 cases of violence against people and 9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 36.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Parçay-Meslay. Best known first.
AttractionFerme de Meslayin town
ChâteauManoir des Basses-Rivières3.8 km south, in RochecorbonChâteauChâteauManoir de Sapaillé4.4 km west, in ToursChâteauChâteauManoir du Plessis2.9 km east, in VouvrayChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vaufoinard2.5 km south, in RochecorbonTheme parkTheme parkLulu Parc3.9 km south, in RochecorbonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Parçay-Meslay yet.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Parçay-Meslay is a commune of 2,574 people in the Tours Métropole Val de Loire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parçay-Meslay | 2,574 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| Rochecorbon | 3,219 | 1.6 | A | C− | A− | A |
| Notre-Dame-d'Oé | 4,515 | 2.2 | A | C− | A− | A |
| Vouvray | 3,420 | 3 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Chanceaux-sur-Choisille | 3,499 | 3.2 | A+ | B | A− | A |
| La Ville-aux-Dames | 5,606 | 3.5 | A− | C+ | C+ | A |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps | 15,898 | 3.6 | C+ | C+ | D− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Parçay-Meslay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #19 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. The lycée stands out: 98% of 311 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jacques de Vaucanson in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.97/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Parçay-Meslay 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 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.
