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Some 277 people live in this town, in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Moulins-sur-Céphons a good place to live?

Moulins-sur-Céphons has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 14% of homes. Over-65s are 36% of the population.

What makes Moulins-sur-Céphons stand out

The 2 things Moulins-sur-Céphons does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Dolmen et cromlech de La Pierre
Dolmen et cromlech de La Pierre · Classé · Photo: SYGREF · CC BY-SA 4.0
Moulins-sur-Céphons’ story

Moulins-sur-Céphons in pictures

Moulins-sur-Céphons has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1900.

45% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Eugène Flaman, born in 1842, is the one person born in Moulins-sur-Céphons before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1900First protected: Dolmen et cromlech de La Pierre
  • 1982Most recently protected: Vestiges d'un camp préhistorique
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moulins-sur-Céphons.

Who lives here

An older town: 36% of people in Moulins-sur-Céphons are 65 or over, more than in Indre’s towns or compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Indre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 16% have a degree. Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents.

53.9median age
Moulins-sur-CéphonsIndre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma30%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Moulins-sur-Céphons
Moulins-sur-CéphonsIndre medianFrance median
Under 1513%14%17%
15–249.7%9.7%11%
25–4416%19%23%
45–6425%28%26%
65+36%30%22%
No diploma30%25%19%
CAP or BEP31%30%26%
Baccalauréat18%16%18%
Higher education16%21%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Moulins-sur-Céphons: 45% were built before 1919, more than in Indre’s towns or compared French towns

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

Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Moulins-sur-Céphons is Dolmen et cromlech de La Pierre. The town has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1900
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Only 4.9% of commuters in Moulins-sur-Céphons go to work without a car, fewer than in Indre’s towns and compared French towns

8.3% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Indre’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Moulins-sur-Céphons number 50, against 100 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €23,640 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Moulins-sur-Céphons, 0.4 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Moulins-sur-Céphons is €8.53/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €6.34/m² a month. The market in Moulins-sur-Céphons: 12 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€8.53/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Moulins-sur-Céphons€8.53/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre median€8.76/m²
€8.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.82 to €10.67/m² a month)
€6.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Levroux and 2 more in and around Moulins-sur-Céphons

Heritage in and near Moulins-sur-Céphons. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Moulins-sur-Céphons

12pages on Moulins-sur-Céphons

Landmarks

Moulins-sur-Céphons has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Dolmen et cromlech de La Pierre: Photo: SYGREF · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Moulins-sur-Céphons

One notable person was born in Moulins-sur-Céphons.

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Moulins-sur-Céphons’ 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 →
LevrouxBuzançaisVilledieu-sur-IndreDéolsSaint-MaurChâteaurouxLevrouxBuzançaisVilledieu-sur-IndreDéolsSaint-MaurChâteaurouxMoulins-sur-Céphons
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Moulins-sur-Céphons277—————
Levroux2,7973A+A+BA−
Buzançais4,35610BA+B+C
Villedieu-sur-Indre2,58311—A—C−
Déols7,60014CA−CD
Saint-Maur3,53714BA−B−D
Châteauroux42,96315CB+DC

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

About Moulins-sur-Céphons

Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire

Moulins-sur-Céphons is a commune of 277 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
277 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Levroux Boischaut Champagne
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
12.5 sq mi (32.3 km²)
INSEE code
36135

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.