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A town of 1,215 in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.
Arthon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Arthon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arthon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Arthon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Ardentes, 7 mi away.
13% 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 Arthon.
On this, Arthon is below both Indre’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Arthon has 300 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.5 per worker. The median disposable income is €26,280 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,302/m², close to Indre’s towns (€1,176/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,302/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 74 residents of Arthon died, against 80 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Arthon comes below both Indre’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 18% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
| Arthon | Indre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Arthon. Best known first.
Nothing in Arthon 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 Arthon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthon | 1,215 | — | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Le Poinçonnet | 5,855 | 5.6 | A | B+ | A | B+ |
| Ardentes | 3,715 | 6.7 | A+ | A | A | B− |
| Châteauroux | 42,963 | 8 | C | B+ | D | C |
| Saint-Maur | 3,537 | 8.8 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Déols | 7,600 | 10 | C | A− | C | D |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse | 4,786 | 11 | C+ | A | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Arthon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Arthon grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Arthon is a commune of 1,215 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Châteauroux Métropole. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.