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A town of 2,797 in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.

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Photo: Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0
Levroux (Indre). (8716379145)

Levroux, Indre · Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0

Is Levroux a good place to live?

Levroux grades A+ overall: better than almost every compared French town, and #1 of 11 in Indre. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.5 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.

What makes Levroux stand out

The 3 things Levroux does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Levroux grades

Each subject compares Levroux 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

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église Saint-Sylvain
Église Saint-Sylvain · Classé · Photo: Seraphin M · CC BY-SA 3.0
Levroux’s story

Levroux in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Levroux: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level).

That’s 25 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 97% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1840First protected: Église Saint-Sylvain
  • 2020Most recently protected: monument aux morts de la guerre 1914-1918
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Levroux.

HousingCost of living A+

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Levroux than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.43/m² a month

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

In the comparison, Levroux comes below both Indre’s towns (€8.76/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Levroux is the cheapest of the 13 towns in Indre: its median sale is €878/m². The median price, €878/m², comes from 101 sales of houses and apartments in Levroux from July 2023 to June 2026.

€878/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Levroux€878/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre median€1,176/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€925/m²95
€7.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.48 to €10.07/m² a month)
2.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,640
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Levroux Boischaut Champagne

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

More protected monuments for its size in Levroux than in Indre or compared French towns: 25 per 10,000 residents

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

For Levroux, that is above both Indre’s towns (9.2) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Levroux: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Levroux is Église Saint-Sylvain.

7historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit4
Level not given1

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1840
first monument protected
27%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%
25
monuments per 10,000 residents · median town 2.5

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

Schools

92.0% 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.

Levroux sits above both Indre’s towns (84.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure. Schools rank #2 of 12 in Indre.

92.0%passed the brevetASchool Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Levroux92.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège CondorcetNearest collègeCollègeCollège6392%+4 pts
92.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate
0.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

HealthHealth A−

Fewer deaths than Levroux’s ages would predict, 77 per 100 expected, under Indre’s towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

That puts Levroux below both Indre’s towns (96) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 530 residents of Levroux died, against 496 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw107
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Levroux · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
13.3 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

Who lives here

Levroux has fewer young adults than Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7% are 15 to 24

On this, Levroux is below both Indre’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). 31% of residents are 65 or over.

52median age
LevrouxIndre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma30%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 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 Levroux
LevrouxIndre medianFrance median
Under 1515%14%17%
15–247.7%9.7%11%
25–4419%19%23%
45–6427%28%26%
65+31%30%22%
No diploma30%25%19%
CAP or BEP33%30%26%
Baccalauréat14%16%18%
Higher education17%21%30%

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

Work & commuteJobs & income B−

Unemployment in Levroux, 8.2%, runs below Indre’s towns and compared French towns

Levroux has 950 jobs for 1,100 working residents, 0.9 per worker.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
On foot7%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
950
jobs based in Levroux, 0.9 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Safety

Levroux has less crime per resident than 62% of compared French towns

Police and gendarmerie recorded 55 offenses in the graded categories in Levroux in 2025. For sexual violence and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 8.5% of the index here.

6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage15
Burglary12
Vehicle theft12
Family violence8
Other physical violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud18

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.

6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
55
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.5%
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

Nearby attractions

Château de Levroux and 6 more in and around Levroux

Heritage and museums in and near Levroux. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Levroux

15pages on Levroux

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments in Levroux: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Porte de Champagne: Photo: Nielsa87 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne abbaye du Landais: Photo: Geoffroy Guégan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison de bois, dite Maison Saint-Jacques: Photo: MechantCerbere · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vestiges du château: Photo: Geoffroy Guégan · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Levroux

7 notable people were born in Levroux.

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Photo credits

Christine Boutin: Benjamin Lemaire - Virtuo Presse, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Michel Chevron: Stef7071, CC BY-SA 4.0

Levroux’s neighbors

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

All towns in Indre →
Villedieu-sur-IndreBuzançaisDéolsSaint-MaurChâteaurouxLe PoinçonnetVilledieu-sur-IndreBuzançaisDéolsSaint-MaurChâteaurouxLe PoinçonnetLevroux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Levroux2,797—A+A+BA−
Villedieu-sur-Indre2,5839.8—A—C−
Buzançais4,35611BA+B+C
Déols7,60011CA−CD
Saint-Maur3,53712BA−B−D
Châteauroux42,96313CB+DC
Le Poinçonnet5,85515AB+AB+

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

Questions about Levroux

Is Levroux safe?

It grades B for safety, #4 of 11 in Indre. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Levroux good?

They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #2 of 12 in Indre. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Levroux expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €878/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Levroux grades A+ for cost of living.

About Levroux

Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire

Levroux is a commune of 2,797 people in the Communauté de communes Levroux Boischaut Champagne. 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
2,797 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Levroux Boischaut Champagne
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
31.8 sq mi (82.5 km²)
INSEE code
36093

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 October 30, 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.