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1,159 residents make their home in this town in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is another plus — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health and B− for walkability. Homes sell for a median €1,189/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Neuvy-Pailloux 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.
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Neuvy-Pailloux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Neuvy-Pailloux does most differently from other towns.
Neuvy-Pailloux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1924.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Neuvy-Pailloux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Laurent: Photo: Havang(nl) · Public domain
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Neuvy-Pailloux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.53/m² a month, close to Indre’s towns (€8.76/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.18/m² a month. Neuvy-Pailloux recorded 43 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,189/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 15% of the total. Among the classé monuments in Neuvy-Pailloux is Église Saint-Laurent. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Neuvy-Pailloux come to 91 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 159 residents of Neuvy-Pailloux died, against 145 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. The nearest emergency department to Neuvy-Pailloux is Centre hospitalier de la Tour Blanche, 8 mi away. In Indre, women can expect to live 84 years and men 76.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Retirement age and beyond: 24% of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 14%, about level with Indre’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Neuvy-Pailloux: 48.1, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
| Neuvy-Pailloux | Indre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
The census found 7.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €25,340 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Indre’s towns (€23,370).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Neuvy-Pailloux. Best known first.
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Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Neuvy-Pailloux is a commune of 1,159 people in the Communauté de communes Champagne Boischauts. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuvy-Pailloux | 1,159 | — | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Issoudun | 11,159 | 7.5 | C− | A+ | D− | C |
| Déols | 7,600 | 8.4 | C | A− | C | D |
| Châteauroux | 42,963 | 9.6 | C | B+ | D | C |
| Ardentes | 3,715 | 10 | A+ | A | A | B− |
| Le Poinçonnet | 5,855 | 11 | A | B+ | A | B+ |
| Saint-Maur | 3,537 | 12 | B | A− | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Neuvy-Pailloux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 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 Neuvy-Pailloux grades A+ for cost of living.
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.