What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Crime is the sore point (D): an average of 15.2 recorded violent incidents and 22.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. All told, that adds up to a C+ overall and a rank of #8 of 11 in Indre. On that grade it does better than 37% of compared French towns. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Argenton-sur-Creuse 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Argenton-sur-Creuse.
Safety
Crime per resident in Argenton-sur-Creuse runs higher than in 93% of compared French towns
On the Safety Grade, Argenton-sur-Creuse ranks 10th of the 11 compared towns in Indre. 174 offenses were reported in Argenton-sur-Creuse during 2025. This Indre town has 2,600 jobs for 1,700 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
15.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage59
Other physical violence26
Theft from vehicles21
Vehicle theft19
Burglary18
Family violence17
Sexual violence14
Armed robbery0
Fraud34
Theft without violence25
Drug use13
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.
15.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
174
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.6%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Argenton-sur-Creuse’s ages would predict, 112 per 100 expected, above Indre’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Indre can expect 84 years and a boy 76.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 908 residents of Argenton-sur-Creuse died, against 706 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Argenton-sur-Creuse is Centre hospitalier, 17 mi away. There are 7 general practitioners here.
+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Argenton-sur-Creuse · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
17 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier
84 · 76.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Argenton-sur-Creuse’s median home price is €1,176/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.76/m² a month, about level with Indre’s towns (€8.76/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments. 207 houses and apartments changed hands in Argenton-sur-Creuse from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,176/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Argenton-sur-Creuse€1,176/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre median€1,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,188/m²
198
€8.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.08 to €10.83/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,610
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Argenton-sur-Creuse are out of work than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.6%
The median disposable income was €22,960 a year per consumption unit, about level with Indre’s towns (€23,370) and below compared French towns (€25,970). The census found 16.6% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot11%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,600
jobs based in Argenton-sur-Creuse, 1.6 per working resident
14.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Argenton-sur-Creuse than in Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
Graduates make up 23% of adults. 30% of residents are 65 or over, close to Indre’s towns (30%) and above compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Argenton-sur-Creuse is 52.1 years old.
52.1median age
Argenton-sur-CreuseIndre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Argenton-sur-Creuse: 18% were built before 1919, more than in Indre’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Argenton-sur-Creuse has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Chapelle Saint-Benoit. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Jérôme Legrand: Edité à Paris chez Madame Bergny marchande d'Estampes de Madame de Lamballe rue du Coq St Honoré, Public domain · Gisèle Barbotin: Raymond Dorsand (1861-1936), Public domain
Argenton-sur-Creuse’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 Argenton-sur-Creuse
Is Argenton-sur-Creuse safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 59 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Argenton-sur-Creuse good?
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #4 of 12 in Indre. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Argenton-sur-Creuse expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Argenton-sur-Creuse grades A for cost of living.
About Argenton-sur-Creuse
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Argenton-sur-Creuse is a commune of 4,786 people in the Communauté de communes Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. 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
4,786 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse
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.
