Preuilly-sur-Claise’s strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 16% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Preuilly-sur-Claise 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 Preuilly-sur-Claise 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 Preuilly-sur-Claise.
Who lives here
Preuilly-sur-Claise skews older, with 46% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.4% of the town, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 18% of adults. Ages in Preuilly-sur-Claise split evenly at 62.7: half are older, half younger.
62.7median age
Preuilly-sur-ClaiseIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
46%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 78 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Preuilly-sur-Claise than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.45/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 2 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine. Half the homes sold went for more than €703/m², below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€2,465/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments.
€703/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Preuilly-sur-Claise€703/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€2,465/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€722/m²
54
€7.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.95 to €9.33/m² a month)
2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Preuilly-sur-Claise are out of work than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 18.1%
At the census, 17.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €21,360 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€27,340) and compared French towns (€25,970).
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot10%
Bicycle3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
450
jobs based in Preuilly-sur-Claise, 1.7 per working resident
18.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,360
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Preuilly-sur-Claise is 16.4 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Preuilly-sur-Claise records 77 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 312 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 356, 14% more. Life expectancy at birth in Indre-et-Loire is 86.1 years for women and 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Preuilly-sur-Claise · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chateauroux Antenne du Blanc
17.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More protected monuments for its size in Preuilly-sur-Claise than in Indre-et-Loire or compared French towns: 89 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
5 of the 9 are houses and mansions. Among the classé monuments in Preuilly-sur-Claise is Église abbatiale bénédictine Saint-Pierre. This Indre-et-Loire town has 9 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 8 inscrit, the second level. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century.
Ancienne église Notre-Dame-des-Echelles: Photo: DoucF · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château des Lions: Photo: DoucF · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien Hôtel de ville: Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Jddmano (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de Tous-les-Saints: Photo: DoucF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Preuilly-sur-Claise
9 notable people were born in Preuilly-sur-Claise.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Preuilly-sur-Claise
Is Preuilly-sur-Claise safe?
Preuilly-sur-Claise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 450 jobs for 250 working residents, Preuilly-sur-Claise draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Is Preuilly-sur-Claise expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Preuilly-sur-Claise grades A+ for cost of living.
About Preuilly-sur-Claise
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Preuilly-sur-Claise is a commune of 1,011 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
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.
