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TavantIndre-et-Loire

The town has 267 residents and lies in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Tavant a good place to live?

Tavant has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 16% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Tavant stand out

The one thing Tavant does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Nicolas
Église Saint-Nicolas · Classé · Photo: Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tavant’s story

Tavant in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Tavant: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1908.

43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1908First protected: Église Saint-Nicolas
  • 1948Most recently protected: Ruines de l'église priorale Notre-Dame
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Nearby attractions

Église Saint-Nicolas de Tavant and 13 more in and around Tavant

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Tavant. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tavant.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Tavant hold a degree than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 18%

People 65 and over make up 26% of the town. 15% are under 15, below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents.

50.5median age
TavantIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Tavant
TavantIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–248.9%10%11%
25–4419%22%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+26%24%22%
No diploma26%16%19%
CAP or BEP38%25%26%
Baccalauréat12%18%18%
Higher education18%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Tavant: 43% were built before 1919, more than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Tavant is Église Saint-Nicolas. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1908
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Tavant than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 5.6%

Households’ median disposable income: €24,340 a year per consumption unit. Tavant has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.2 per worker. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Tavant, 0.2 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Tavant costs less than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.14/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 9 homes in Tavant.

€9.14/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Tavant€9.14/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€12.32/m²
€9.14/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.13 to €11.70/m² a month)
€8.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Tavant

12pages on Tavant

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Tavant: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Ruines de l'église priorale Notre-Dame: Photo: Joël Thibault · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Nicolas: Photo: Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Tavant

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Tavant yet.

How we find them →

Tavant’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Indre-et-Loire →
ChinonAzay-le-RideauSainte-Maure-de-TouraineBeaumont-en-VéronArtannes-sur-IndreLangeaisChinonAzay-le-RideauSainte-Maure-de-TouraineBeaumont-en-VéronArtannes-sur-IndreLangeaisTavant
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Tavant267—————
Chinon8,1447.6C+B+DC+
Azay-le-Rideau3,43810A−A−A−B−
Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine4,09211B+B+B−B+
Beaumont-en-Véron2,71711—A−—B+
Artannes-sur-Indre2,79514—B—A
Langeais4,36714C+B−C+C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Tavant

Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire

Tavant is a commune of 267 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
267 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Touraine Val de Vienne
Département
Indre-et-Loire (37)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
2 sq mi (5.2 km²)
INSEE code
37255

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.