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A town of 321 in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Bommiers a good place to live?

Bommiers is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Église du prieuré Saint-Pierre
Église du prieuré Saint-Pierre · Classé · Photo: Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0
Bommiers’ story

Bommiers in pictures

Bommiers has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1921.

46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1921First protected: Église du prieuré Saint-Pierre
  • 1930Most recently protected: Vestiges du château de Bourg-le-Château
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bommiers.

Who lives here

Bommiers has fewer young adults than Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9% are 15 to 24

17% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 18%, above Indre’s towns (14%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 25% of adults.

48.3median age
BommiersIndre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bommiers
BommiersIndre medianFrance median
Under 1518%14%17%
15–246.9%9.7%11%
25–4421%19%23%
45–6437%28%26%
65+17%30%22%
No diploma17%25%19%
CAP or BEP34%30%26%
Baccalauréat20%16%18%
Higher education25%21%30%

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

History

Bommiers keeps more of its old housing than Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 46% built before 1919

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

Bommiers has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Église du prieuré Saint-Pierre. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1921
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 Bommiers than in Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 4.3%

8.0% of the labour force were unemployed, below Indre’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Bommiers has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,280 a year.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Bommiers, 0.2 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bommiers than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.65/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 5 homes were sold in Bommiers.

€7.65/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bommiers€7.65/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre median€8.76/m²
€7.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.11 to €9.59/m² a month)
€6.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Bourg-le-Château and 2 more in and around Bommiers

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Bommiers. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Bommiers

12pages on Bommiers

Landmarks

Bommiers has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Vestiges du château de Bourg-le-Château: Photo: RomainLalande · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église du prieuré Saint-Pierre: Photo: Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0

Famous people from Bommiers

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bommiers as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Bommiers’ 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 →
ArdentesIssoudunLe PoinçonnetChâteaurouxDéolsLa ChâtreArdentesIssoudunLe PoinçonnetChâteaurouxDéolsLa ChâtreBommiers
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bommiers321—————
Ardentes3,7158.6A+AAB−
Issoudun11,15911C−A+D−C
Le Poinçonnet5,85513AB+AB+
Châteauroux42,96314CB+DC
Déols7,60014CA−CD
La Châtre4,03715A−ADA−

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

About Bommiers

Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire

Bommiers is a commune of 321 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

Population
321 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Champagne Boischauts
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
11 sq mi (28.5 km²)
INSEE code
36019

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.