Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire has a population of 1,624.
Housing is within reach (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability — 51% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €1,398/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Montierchaume 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.
The 2 things Montierchaume does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montierchaume 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.
Montierchaume has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montierchaume as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne porte de ville, in Déols, 4.2 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montierchaume.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Indre is 84 years for women and 76.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 150 deaths in Montierchaume between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 120: 25% above. There is one general practitioner locally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Montierchaume from July 2023 to June 2026: 41 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,398/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs located in Montierchaume: 2,050, for 700 residents in work (2.9 each). At the census, 3.6% 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%). Also worth knowing: the typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,670 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
20% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 17%, higher than Indre’s towns (14%) and near compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
| Montierchaume | Indre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Montierchaume is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montierchaume yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montierchaume | 1,624 | — | — | A | — | D− |
| Déols | 7,600 | 4 | C | A− | C | D |
| Châteauroux | 42,963 | 5.3 | C | B+ | D | C |
| Le Poinçonnet | 5,855 | 6.8 | A | B+ | A | B+ |
| Saint-Maur | 3,537 | 7.2 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Ardentes | 3,715 | 8.3 | A+ | A | A | B− |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre | 2,583 | 12 | — | A | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montierchaume has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montierchaume grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Montierchaume is a commune of 1,624 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Châteauroux Métropole. 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
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 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.