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Nohant-VicIndre

It is a town of 450 residents in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Nohant-Vic a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Nohant-Vic falls below the line for grades. Second homes make up 16% of its housing.

What makes Nohant-Vic stand out

The one thing Nohant-Vic does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Sainte-Anne de Nohant
Église Sainte-Anne de Nohant · Classé · Photo: ManiacParisien · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nohant-Vic’s story

Nohant-Vic in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Nohant-Vic counts 3 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Wikidata records 3 people born in Nohant-Vic before 1900, the earliest Solange Dudevant-Sand, in 1828.

  • 1862First protected: Église Saint-Martin de Vicq
  • 1952Most recently protected: Domaine de Nohant ou domaine de George Sand
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nohant-Vic.

Who lives here

Nohant-Vic has fewer young adults than Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5% are 15 to 24

The 65-and-over age group makes up 25% of residents. Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both Indre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Ages in Nohant-Vic split evenly at 50.4: half are older, half younger.

50.4median age
Nohant-VicIndre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Nohant-Vic
Nohant-VicIndre medianFrance median
Under 1512%14%17%
15–246.5%9.7%11%
25–4421%19%23%
45–6435%28%26%
65+25%30%22%
No diploma16%25%19%
CAP or BEP37%30%26%
Baccalauréat16%16%18%
Higher education24%21%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Nohant-Vic: 41% were built before 1919, more than in Indre’s towns and across compared French towns

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

Among the classé monuments in Nohant-Vic is Église Saint-Martin de Vicq. The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 2 of 3.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé3
Inscrit0
11th c.
oldest protected part
1862
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Nohant-Vic are out of work than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.6%

Jobs located in Nohant-Vic: 100, for 200 residents in work (0.5 each). 5.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Indre’s towns (12.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,750 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Nohant-Vic, 0.5 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,750
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

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Nohant-Vic than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.65/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €6.66/m² a month. The market in Nohant-Vic: 20 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€7.65/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Nohant-Vic€7.65/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre median€8.76/m²
€7.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.11 to €9.59/m² a month)
€6.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Domaine de George Sand and 6 more in and around Nohant-Vic

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Nohant-Vic. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Nohant-Vic

12pages on Nohant-Vic

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Nohant-Vic counts 3 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin de Vicq: Photo: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domaine de Nohant ou domaine de George Sand: Photo: ManuD · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Nohant-Vic

3 notable people were born in Nohant-Vic.

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Nohant-Vic’s neighbors

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

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La ChâtreArdentesLe PoinçonnetChâteaurouxLa ChâtreArdentesLe PoinçonnetChâteaurouxNohant-Vic
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Nohant-Vic450—————
La Châtre4,0374.3A−ADA−
Ardentes3,7159.9A+AAB−
Le Poinçonnet5,85515AB+AB+
Châteauroux42,96317CB+DC

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

About Nohant-Vic

Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire

Nohant-Vic is a commune of 450 people in the Communauté de communes de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère. 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
450 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
8.3 sq mi (21.4 km²)
INSEE code
36143

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 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.