Jobs & income is its strong suit — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. The weak point is schools (C): brevet results 3.9 points below the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 51% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,371/m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Touraine-Est Vallées.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Vernou-sur-Brenne has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Vernou-sur-Brenne 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.
Église paroissiale de la Sainte-Trinité · Classé · Photo: Skouame · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vernou-sur-Brenne’s story
Vernou-sur-Brenne in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Vernou-sur-Brenne: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level).
That’s 21 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 96% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1862First protected: Église paroissiale de la Sainte-Trinité
1965Most recently protected: Chapelle dite des Archevêques
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Vernou-sur-Brenne: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level).
Vestiges d'un édifice gallo-romain: Photo: Arcisse de caumont · Public domain · Château de Jallanges: Photo: Céline from Paris, France · CC BY-SA 2.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vernou-sur-Brenne.
History
Vernou-sur-Brenne is rich in protected monuments: 21 per 10,000 residents, more than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
6historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
A fifth of its homes were built before 1919, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Vernou-sur-Brenne is Église paroissiale de la Sainte-Trinité. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in the town: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Protection here reaches back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
Schools around Vernou-sur-Brenne do less well than those of 70% of compared French towns
88.1%passed the brevetCSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #33 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. Collège pupils travel 2.2 mi to the nearest one. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 6 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Vernou-sur-Brenne has lower unemployment than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 5.6%
8%walk, cycle or take transit
7.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €28,440 a year per consumption unit, above Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€27,340) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
600
jobs based in Vernou-sur-Brenne, 0.5 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Vernou-sur-Brenne sees 84 deaths per 100 expected, against 79 in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Vernou-sur-Brenne is Centre hospitalier Inter Communal Amboise Chateau Renault, 6.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 386 residents of Vernou-sur-Brenne died, against 353 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. Life expectancy in Indre-et-Loire: 86.1 years for women and 81 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 3 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Vernou-sur-Brenne · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Inter Communal Amboise Chateau Renault
8.5 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,371/m²: 93 houses and apartments sold in Vernou-sur-Brenne between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.33/m² a month, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€12.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vernou-sur-Brenne€2,371/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€2,465/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,373/m²
91
€11.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.32 to €13.78/m² a month)
5.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Touraine-Est Vallées
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
46.1median age
36% of adults hold a degree, about level with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (34%) and above compared French towns (30%). The middle age in Vernou-sur-Brenne is 46.1. People 65 and over make up 24% of the town.
Vernou-sur-BrenneIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% 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
Safety
Vernou-sur-Brenne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Graded property crimes ran at 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.4 (2023–2025 average). The police record for Vernou-sur-Brenne lists 27 offenses in 2025. Also worth knowing: the graded crime recorded most in the town was family violence (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence16
Criminal damage11
Armed robbery0
Fraud16
Theft without violence7
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.
4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.3%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 32.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Sylvain-Denis Houdan Deslandes: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
About Vernou-sur-Brenne
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Vernou-sur-Brenne is a commune of 2,870 people in the Communauté de communes Touraine-Est Vallées. 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
2,870 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Touraine-Est Vallées
Département
Indre-et-Loire (37)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
10 sq mi (25.8 km²)
INSEE code
37270
Vernou-sur-Brenne’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 Vernou-sur-Brenne
Is Vernou-sur-Brenne safe?
Vernou-sur-Brenne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Vernou-sur-Brenne good?
They grade C, better than 30% of compared French towns and #33 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vernou-sur-Brenne expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,371/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vernou-sur-Brenne grades B 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.
