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1,609 people live in this town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability: 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Over-65s are only 13% of the population.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Pernay 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.
The 2 things Pernay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pernay 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.
Pernay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pernay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny, 4.4 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pernay.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pernay is Sas Nouvelle clinique de Tours, 7.9 mi away. 52 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 76: 32% below. In Indre-et-Loire, women can expect to live 86.1 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 2 family doctors.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
People aged 15 to 24 are 8% of the population. 13% of residents are 65 or over, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Line up the people of Pernay by age and the one in the middle is 37.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Pernay | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 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 €2,302/m²: 39 houses and apartments sold in Pernay between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €11.78/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,302/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
3.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Per resident in work, Pernay counts 0.2 jobs (150 jobs, 800 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €27,090 a year per consumption unit, about level with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€27,340) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Pernay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pernay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pernay | 1,609 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Luynes | 5,062 | 4.3 | A | C+ | B+ | A |
| Fondettes | 10,954 | 5.9 | A− | C− | B | A |
| La Membrolle-sur-Choisille | 3,290 | 6.2 | B− | C− | C | A− |
| Cinq-Mars-la-Pile | 4,015 | 6.9 | B+ | B− | A | C+ |
| Savonnières | 3,392 | 7.6 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire | 17,029 | 8 | A− | D | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pernay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,302/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pernay grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Pernay is a commune of 1,609 people in the Communauté de communes de Gâtine-Racan. 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.