Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C−). At €2,279/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Touraine Vallée de l'Indre. Over-65s are only just over a tenth of the population.
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. Pont-de-Ruan 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 Pont-de-Ruan 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pont-de-Ruan.
Who lives here
Few people in Pont-de-Ruan are 65 or over: 11%, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
25% are under 15, higher than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 36% have a degree. The age that splits Pont-de-Ruan in two is 36.8.
36.8median age
Pont-de-RuanIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Pont-de-Ruan sees fewer deaths than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 66 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pont-de-Ruan is Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci, 7.4 mi away. Life expectancy in Indre-et-Loire: 86.1 years for women and 81 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected.
−34%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw66
Adjusted66
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Pont-de-Ruan · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci
7.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Pont-de-Ruan are out of work than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.3%
6.0% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. For its 600 residents in work, Pont-de-Ruan has 200 jobs: 0.3 each. The median disposable income was €26,730 a year per consumption unit, in line with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€27,340) and compared French towns (€25,970).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Pont-de-Ruan, 0.3 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Pont-de-Ruan has 3 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Pont-de-Ruan is Ancien prieuré Notre-Dame de Relay. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pont-de-Ruan
Is Pont-de-Ruan safe?
Pont-de-Ruan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Pont-de-Ruan expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,279/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pont-de-Ruan grades B+ for cost of living.
About Pont-de-Ruan
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Pont-de-Ruan is a commune of 1,214 people in the Communauté de communes Touraine Vallée de l'Indre. 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
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.
