Is Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet a good place to live?
There are no grades for Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 18% of its housing. Homes change hands at a median €931/m².
What makes Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet stand out
The 2 things Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet does most differently from other towns.
Château du Chabenet: Photo: Peyot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de Pont-Chrétien: Photo: Jean FAUCHEUX · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet.
Who lives here
Children make up 18% of Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet, above Indre’s towns and compared French towns
45.9median age
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9% of residents. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, lower than Indre’s towns (30%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). At 45.9, the median resident of Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet sits in the middle of the age range.
Le Pont-Chrétien-ChabenetIndre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet keeps more of its old housing than Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet is Pont couvert en bois. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 6.1% of commuters in Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet go to work without a car, fewer than in both Indre’s towns and compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs based in Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet number 200, against 350 residents in work (0.5 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €22,780 a year per consumption unit, about level with Indre’s towns (€23,370) and below compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 9.4%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet, 0.5 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet is a commune of 917 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
917 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
3.5 sq mi (9 km²)
INSEE code
36161
Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
