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310 people live in this town in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is La Champenoise a good place to live?

La Champenoise has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Just 14% of residents are 65 or older.

What makes La Champenoise stand out

The one thing La Champenoise does most differently from other towns.

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La Champenoise’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
La Champenoise’s story

No historic monuments in La Champenoise

The Culture ministry lists no building in La Champenoise as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Neuvy-Pailloux, 4.6 mi away.

51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

A town of families: 21% of people in La Champenoise are under 15, more than in both Indre’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.7%, below both Indre’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 14% of the town.

40.4median age
La ChampenoiseIndre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Champenoise
La ChampenoiseIndre medianFrance median
Under 1521%14%17%
15–248.7%9.7%11%
25–4427%19%23%
45–6428%28%26%
65+14%30%22%
No diploma22%25%19%
CAP or BEP34%30%26%
Baccalauréat17%16%18%
Higher education24%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in La Champenoise than in Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 1.3%

Jobs located in La Champenoise: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.2 each). Unemployment stood at 9.6%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Indre’s towns (12.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €24,320 a year per consumption unit.

1%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in La Champenoise, 0.2 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
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 La Champenoise than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.28/m² a month

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

12 houses and apartments changed hands in La Champenoise from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.18/m² a month.

€7.28/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Champenoise€7.28/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre median€8.76/m²
€7.28/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.41 to €9.79/m² a month)
€7.18/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Champenoise

11pages on La Champenoise

Landmarks

Nothing in La Champenoise is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from La Champenoise

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Champenoise yet.

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La Champenoise’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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DéolsIssoudunLevrouxChâteaurouxSaint-MaurLe PoinçonnetDéolsIssoudunLevrouxChâteaurouxSaint-MaurLe PoinçonnetLa Champenoise
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Champenoise310—————
Déols7,6008.5CA−CD
Issoudun11,1599.3C−A+D−C
Levroux2,7979.6A+A+BA−
Châteauroux42,96310CB+DC
Saint-Maur3,53711BA−B−D
Le Poinçonnet5,85512AB+AB+

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

About La Champenoise

Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire

La Champenoise is a commune of 310 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
310 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Champagne Boischauts
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
17.2 sq mi (44.6 km²)
INSEE code
36037

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 November 4, 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.