Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Holiday and other second homes account for 13% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Richelieu 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 Richelieu 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.
Ancien château: Photo: Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Emmanuel Dissais Merci de créditer : Emmanuel Dissais / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA J’apprécierai que vous me l’indiquiez par courriel ( emmanuel-dissais hotmail.fr ) si vous reprenez cette image en-dehors d'un projet Wikimédia. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison ou hôtel: Photo: Danielclauzier · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Richelieu.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Richelieu than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 8.8% are under 15
62.4median age
People aged 15 to 24 are 8% of the population. 45% of residents are 65 or over, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 14% of adults.
RichelieuIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
45%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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+
Renting in Richelieu costs less than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.24/m² a month
€990/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €990/m²: 90 houses and apartments sold in Richelieu between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.77/m² a month. Houses made up 84% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Richelieu€990/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€2,465/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,075/m²
76
€8.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.56 to €10.35/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.77/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,220
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Touraine Val de Vienne
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 Richelieu are out of work than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.7%
20%walk, cycle or take transit
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €21,990 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 20.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot11%
Bicycle6%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport3%
750
jobs based in Richelieu, 1.7 per working resident
15.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Richelieu’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 72% of compared French towns
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Richelieu. Adjusted for age and care homes, Richelieu records 96 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (79) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 378 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 458, 21% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Richelieu is Chu de Poitiers site de Loudun, 11.4 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw121
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Richelieu · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Poitiers site de Loudun
12 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Francois Rabelais
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Richelieu is rich in protected monuments: 582 per 10,000 residents, more than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
93historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when just over a third of homes were built. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1965. On the Culture ministry’s list, Richelieu counts 93 historic monuments: 6 classé at the top level of protection and 87 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Ancien château.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Richelieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
6.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
In 2025, 25 offenses were recorded in Richelieu. This Indre-et-Loire town has 750 jobs for 450 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Violence against people averaged 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.5. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was family violence (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence11
Criminal damage9
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud9
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.
6.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
44.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (44.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Richelieu is a commune of 1,598 people in the Communauté de communes Touraine Val de Vienne. 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
Population
1,598 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Touraine Val de Vienne
Département
Indre-et-Loire (37)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
1.9 sq mi (5 km²)
INSEE code
37196
Richelieu’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Richelieu
Is Richelieu safe?
Richelieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Richelieu expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €990/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Richelieu grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
