Le Blanc grades B− overall: better than 47% of compared French towns, and #7 of 11 in Indre. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 16 recorded violent incidents and 17.7 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 2.7 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 Le Blanc 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 Le Blanc.
HousingCost of living A+
Buying in Le Blanc costs less than in Indre’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €905/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €7.87/m² a month, below Indre’s towns (€8.76/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €6.82/m² a month. The sales split: 94% houses, the rest apartments.
€905/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Blanc€905/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre median€1,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€899/m²
230
€7.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.14 to €10.09/m² a month)
2.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Brenne - Val de Creuse
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
8 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1995
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 14% of the total, near Indre’s towns (14%) and higher than compared French towns (7.4%). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1995. Scaled to its population, that is 13 protected monuments for every 10,000 people in Le Blanc. Among the classé monuments locally is Église Saint-Génitour.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Le Blanc records more crime per resident than 88% of compared French towns
Le Blanc has 3,800 jobs for 2,050 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Over 2025, Le Blanc logged 209 recorded offenses. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
16recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage72
Family violence39
Other physical violence35
Sexual violence33
Theft from vehicles14
Burglary9
Vehicle theft7
Armed robbery0
Fraud68
Theft without violence42
Drug use16
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.
16
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
209
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
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.
Who lives here
An older town: 34% of people in Le Blanc are 65 or over, more than in Indre’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults, lower than both Indre’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%). 14% of residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 11% of residents.
52.8median age
Le BlancIndre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education19%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income C
For walkability, Le Blanc ranks above 73% of compared French towns
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,970 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 17.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Indre’s towns (12.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 12.4% of the labour force are out of work.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot13%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,800
jobs based in Le Blanc, 1.8 per working resident
12.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,970
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 73% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #6 of 12 in Indre. Collège pupils travel 0.7 mi to the nearest one. The bac pass rate near Le Blanc is 93.5%, in line with Indre’s towns (92.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
96%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Le Blanc sees more deaths than 54% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
1,056 deaths in Le Blanc between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,029: 3% above. Its three care homes for older people (152 places) count their residents as Le Blanc’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. This Indre town has 4 family doctors. Women in Indre live to 84 on average and men to 76.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Le Blanc · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chateauroux Antenne du Blanc
28 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault
84 · 76.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Château-Naillac, dit Vieux Château: Photo: Jean FAUCHEUX · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Cyran: Photo: Jean FAUCHEUX · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison Hénault: Photo: Hamon jp · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Blanc
Is Le Blanc safe?
It grades D for safety, #7 of 11 in Indre. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 72 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Blanc good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #6 of 12 in Indre. 96% of 72 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pasteur in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Blanc expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Blanc grades A+ for cost of living.
About Le Blanc
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Le Blanc is a commune of 6,164 people in the Communauté de communes Brenne - Val de 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
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.
