Déols grades C overall: better than 28% of compared French towns, and #9 of 11 in Indre. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Déols 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 Déols.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Déols sees more deaths than Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 108 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Déols, that is above both Indre’s towns (96) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 865 residents of Déols died, against 755 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+8%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted108
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Déols · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
2.6 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
6.3% of Déols’ homes were built before 1919 (Indre towns 14%, compared French towns 7.4%)
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Per 10,000 residents, Déols counts 12 protected monuments, above both Indre’s towns (9.2) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Déols: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Déols is Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Bourg-Dieu.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A−
The median sale price of homes in Déols is €1,421/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 254 sales of houses and apartments in Déols from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,176/m² for the median of compared towns in Indre.
€1,421/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Déols€1,421/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre median€1,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,427/m²
242
€9.59/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.56 to €12.17/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Châteauroux Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Déols has more crime per resident than 72% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 194 offenses in the graded categories in Déols in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.2% of the index here.
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage94
Vehicle theft25
Theft from vehicles24
Family violence15
Burglary15
Other physical violence14
Sexual violence7
Theft without violence44
Fraud35
Drug use18
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.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
194
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
11% of residents are 15 to 24 and 25% are 65 or over, against 9.7% and 30% in the median compared commune of Indre. 20% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Indre 21%, France 30%).
48.6median age
DéolsIndre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people are out of work in Déols than in 83% of French communes of 1,000+
9.5% of Déols’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 85% drove.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,950
jobs based in Déols, 1 per working resident
12.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,970
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Bourg-Dieu: Photo: Travail personnel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · """Vestiges du pont "" Perrin "" (également sur commune de Châteauroux)""": Photo: Frédéric De Déols · CC BY-SA 4.0 · église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Travail personnel · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Déols
Is Déols safe?
It grades C for safety, #6 of 11 in Indre. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 94 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Déols good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #7 of 12 in Indre. 98% of 240 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Giraudoux in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Déols expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.59/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Déols grades A− for cost of living.
About Déols
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Déols is a commune of 7,600 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
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.
