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1,000 people call this town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire home.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income (C−) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment. Homes change hands at a median €1,538/m².
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. Rivarennes 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 Rivarennes 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.
Rivarennes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Rivarennes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rivarennes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église Notre-Dame, in Rigny-Ussé, 2.3 mi away.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Rivarennes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rivarennes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Rivarennes from July 2023 to June 2026: 35 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,538/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Indre-et-Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.1 years for women and 81 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 100 residents of Rivarennes died, against 90 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. The nearest emergency department to Rivarennes is Centre hospitalier Francois Rabelais, 6.3 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners in the town.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Unemployment stood at 6.9%, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.4% of commuters travelled at the census. Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.6% of working residents in Rivarennes didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%). Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults. Ages in Rivarennes split evenly at 43.1: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Rivarennes | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Rivarennes. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Maurice-Dufresne3.1 km northeast, in Azay-le-RideauMuseumMuseumMaison Hérinin townAttractionAttractionDomaine Nicolas Pagetin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Cour-au-Berruyer4.1 km east, in CheilléAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Turpenay2.9 km south, in Saint-Benoît-la-ForêtPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Rivarennes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Rivarennes is a commune of 1,000 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivarennes | 1,000 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Langeais | 4,367 | 4.7 | C+ | B− | C+ | C+ |
| Azay-le-Rideau | 3,438 | 4.9 | A− | A− | A− | B− |
| Cinq-Mars-la-Pile | 4,015 | 7.3 | B+ | B− | A | C+ |
| Chinon | 8,144 | 8.4 | C+ | B+ | D | C+ |
| Bourgueil | 3,631 | 8.8 | A | A− | C+ | B− |
| Beaumont-en-Véron | 2,717 | 9.2 | — | A− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rivarennes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 8.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rivarennes grades A 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.