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Over-65s are 33% of the population. The town, home to 1,003 people, lies in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Le Magny a good place to live?

Homes are affordable (A+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 26% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is walkability (D). Residents’ health trails most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Le Magny 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.

What makes Le Magny stand out

The one thing Le Magny does most differently from other towns.

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How Le Magny grades

Each subject compares Le Magny 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.

How grading works

Le Magny has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesA+Open →WalkabilityIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedDOpen →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesC−Open →SchoolsBac results a point below the expected rateB+Open →Jobs & income8.2% unemploymentCOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Prieuré Saint-Michel
Prieuré Saint-Michel · Inscrit · Photo: Piclgran · CC BY-SA 3.0
Le Magny’s story

Le Magny in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Le Magny; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1932.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1932First protected: Prieuré Saint-Michel
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Nearby attractions

Le Prieuré Saint-Michel and 16 more in and around Le Magny

Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Le Magny. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Magny.

HousingCost of living A+

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Le Magny than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.35/m² a month

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

24 houses and apartments changed hands in Le Magny from July 2023 to June 2026.

€7.35/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Magny€7.35/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre median€8.76/m²
€7.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.73 to €9.42/m² a month)
€6.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère

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

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Le Magny is harder to get around on foot than nine in ten compared French towns

8.2% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 5.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Indre’s towns (12.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €24,950 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
150
jobs based in Le Magny, 0.5 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 8% 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: 33% of people in Le Magny are 65 or over, more than in Indre’s towns and across compared French towns

7.1% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Indre’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 17% of adults. Half of Le Magny is older than 53.6, half younger.

53.6median age
Le MagnyIndre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 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.

Ages and diplomas in Le Magny
Le MagnyIndre medianFrance median
Under 1515%14%17%
15–247.1%9.7%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6427%28%26%
65+33%30%22%
No diploma24%25%19%
CAP or BEP37%30%26%
Baccalauréat15%16%18%
Higher education17%21%30%

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

HealthHealth C−

Le Magny is 20.4 mi from the nearest emergency department

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. Adjusted mortality in Le Magny: 99 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 106 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 105, 1% fewer.

−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw99
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Le Magny · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
20.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
20.4 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

Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The town’s pupils have a collège 1.5 mi away. The bac pass rate near Le Magny is 93.5%, close to both Indre’s towns (92.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the general lycée, 96% of 107 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.

96%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Le Magny91.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Le Magny93.5%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège George SandNearest collègeCollègeCollège10291%+4 pts
Lycée polyvalent George SandNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée10796%−1 pt
96%
passed the general and technological bac, −1 pt against the expected rate
88%
passed the vocational bac, −1 pt against the expected rate
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate
1.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

History

1 historic monument, none of them classé

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Homes from before 1919 make up 13% of the total, below Indre’s towns (14%) but above compared French towns (7.4%). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1932
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Safety

Le Magny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.4 cases of violence against people and 4.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in Le Magny were armed robbery than anything else (2025).

4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Theft from vehicles0
Drug use0

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.

4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
4.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 100.0% of the index here.

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Landmarks

Le Magny has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Prieuré Saint-Michel: Photo: Piclgran · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Le Magny

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Magny yet.

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Le Magny’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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La ChâtreArdentesLa ChâtreArdentesLe Magny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Magny1,003——A+—C−
La Châtre4,0371.3A−ADA−
Ardentes3,71514A+AAB−

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

Questions about Le Magny

Is Le Magny safe?

Le Magny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.

Are schools in Le Magny good?

They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

About Le Magny

Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire

Le Magny is a commune of 1,003 people in the Communauté de communes de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère. 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
1,003 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
6.9 sq mi (17.9 km²)
INSEE code
36109

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.