Prices are modest for what you get (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 16.1% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for walkability. Pupils here do less well than most (C−): brevet results 3 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Éguzon-Chantôme has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Éguzon-Chantôme 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 Éguzon-Chantôme.
Who lives here
Children make up only 9.7% of Éguzon-Chantôme, fewer than in Indre’s towns and across compared French towns
60.7median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 6.6% of the town. 43% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Indre’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 16% have a degree.
Éguzon-ChantômeIndre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education16%
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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Éguzon-Chantôme than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.81/m² a month
€1,042/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,042/m², lower than both Indre’s towns (€1,176/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €6.30/m² a month. Also worth knowing: 71 houses and apartments changed hands in Éguzon-Chantôme from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Éguzon-Chantôme€1,042/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre median€1,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,042/m²
71
€7.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.31 to €9.66/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.30/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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Éguzon-Chantôme: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Indre’s towns and across compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Éguzon-Chantôme has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Éguzon-Chantôme is 23.6 mi from the nearest emergency department
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Indre, women can expect to live 84 years and men 76.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner in Éguzon-Chantôme. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Éguzon-Chantôme’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. 360 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 335: 7% above.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Éguzon-Chantôme · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
23.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
23.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
84 · 76.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Éguzon-Chantôme, 16.1%, runs above Indre’s towns and compared French towns
11%walk, cycle or take transit
After tax and benefits, the median income is €22,810 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 2.7% of working residents in Éguzon-Chantôme to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot7%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
450
jobs based in Éguzon-Chantôme, 1.1 per working resident
16.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 55% of compared French towns
Éguzon-Chantôme is a commune of 1,301 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
1,301 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
14 sq mi (36.3 km²)
INSEE code
36070
Éguzon-Chantôme’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 Éguzon-Chantôme
Is Éguzon-Chantôme safe?
Éguzon-Chantôme has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Éguzon-Chantôme good?
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Éguzon-Chantôme expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Éguzon-Chantôme grades A+ for cost of living.
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.