Issoudun grades C− overall: better than 21% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D−): an average of 18.1 recorded violent incidents and 22.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 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 Issoudun 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 Issoudun.
Safety
Issoudun records more crime per resident than 96% of compared French towns
Issoudun has 7,000 jobs for 3,900 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. No compared town in Indre has more graded crime per resident than Issoudun: it ranks last of 11. For 2025, the figures show 467 offenses locally. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
18.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage140
Family violence74
Other physical violence73
Burglary73
Vehicle theft36
Theft from vehicles36
Sexual violence35
Armed robbery0
Fraud82
Theft without violence74
Drug use62
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.
18.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
467
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
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 · 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living A+
Homes in Issoudun cost less than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €984/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.70/m² a month, about level with Indre’s towns (€8.76/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. A house rents for an estimated €7.20/m² a month.
€984/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Issoudun€984/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre median€1,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€980/m²
392
€8.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.95 to €10.90/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,180
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays d'Issoudun
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Issoudun: 12 historic monuments, 4 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Issoudun is Ancien hôtel-Dieu. Scaled to its population, that is 11 protected monuments for every 10,000 people locally. Homes from before 1919 make up 18% of the total, above Indre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Issoudun has higher unemployment than Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 15.9%
Nearly a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Indre’s towns (12.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,900 a year.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot11%
Bicycle6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
7,000
jobs based in Issoudun, 1.8 per working resident
15.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,900
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Degrees are held by 21% of adults. Children under 15 make up 13%, about level with Indre’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Issoudun: 52, the median.
52median age
IssoudunIndre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 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
HealthHealth C
Issoudun’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 5 general practitioners in Issoudun. Its four care homes for older people (321 places) count their residents as Issoudun’s; allowing for them, deaths were 4% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,723 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,954, 13% more. In Indre, life expectancy at birth reaches 84 years for women and 76.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Issoudun · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de la Tour Blanche
17.4 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
Tour Blanche: Photo: Benjism89 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Cyr: Photo: Joecoolandcharlie · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Porte dite de l'Horloge: Photo: Benjism89 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Daniel Revenu: Panini, Public domain · Jules Cotard: unknown, Public domain · Zulma Carraud: Attributed to Édouard Viénot, Public domain · Maurice Lachâtre: Unknown (extract to frontspiece of Nouveau dictionnaire universel, Public domain · Morgan Lamoisson: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Auguste Borget: Gilles Colosio / Châteauroux Métropole, Public domain
Issoudun’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 Issoudun
Is Issoudun safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 73 burglaries and 140 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Issoudun good?
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns. 94% of 104 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Balzac d'Alembert in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Issoudun expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Issoudun grades A+ for cost of living.
About Issoudun
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Issoudun is a commune of 11,159 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Issoudun. 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.
