Sonzay’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes are strong (B+): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 66% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes change hands at a median €1,700/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Sonzay 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 Sonzay 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Sonzay, 4.8%, runs below Indre-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
At the census, 5.3% of working residents in Sonzay didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income was €26,530 a year per consumption unit, in line with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€27,340) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.0% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 88% drove.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
300
jobs based in Sonzay, 0.4 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 24% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Sonzay are under 15, more than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
18% of residents are 65 or over. The age that splits Sonzay in two is 40.2. Degrees are held by 31% of adults, lower than Indre-et-Loire’s towns (34%) and near compared French towns (30%).
40.2median age
SonzayIndre-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 diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% 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
History
Sonzay keeps more of its old housing than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sonzay has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Château de la Motte-Sonzay. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Sonzay sees 87 deaths per 100 expected, against 79 in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Indre-et-Loire can expect 86.1 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 85 deaths in Sonzay between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 98: 13% below. The nearest emergency department to Sonzay is Sas Nouvelle clinique de Tours, 11.3 mi away.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Sonzay · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Sas Nouvelle clinique de Tours
13.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Regional Universitaire Bretonneau
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sonzay
Is Sonzay safe?
Sonzay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Sonzay expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sonzay grades A for cost of living.
About Sonzay
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Sonzay is a commune of 1,410 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
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.
