Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 884 residents in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.
At under 1,000 residents, Ambrault is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up just over a tenth of its housing.
The one thing Ambrault does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ambrault as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du prieuré Saint-Pierre, in Bommiers, 1.6 mi away.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ambrault.
The under-15s are nearly a fifth of the population here. Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than both Indre’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). At 41.7, the median resident of Ambrault sits in the middle of the age range.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
| Ambrault | Indre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 9.4%. Jobs located in Ambrault: 100, for 400 residents in work (0.3 each). Half of residents lived on more than €24,190 a year per consumption unit, close to Indre’s towns (€23,370) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Ambrault: 28 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Ambrault. Best known first.
Nothing in Ambrault is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ambrault yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrault | 884 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ardentes | 3,715 | 7 | A+ | A | A | B− |
| Issoudun | 11,159 | 11 | C− | A+ | D− | C |
| Le Poinçonnet | 5,855 | 11 | A | B+ | A | B+ |
| Châteauroux | 42,963 | 12 | C | B+ | D | C |
| Déols | 7,600 | 12 | C | A− | C | D |
| La Châtre | 4,037 | 15 | A− | A | D | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Ambrault is a commune of 884 people in the Communauté de communes Champagne Boischauts. 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
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 October 30, 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.