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With 639 residents, it is a town in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.
There are no grades for Pouligny-Notre-Dame: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 17% of its housing. The median home sells for €945/m². People aged 65 and over make up 28% of residents.
The 3 things Pouligny-Notre-Dame does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pouligny-Notre-Dame as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge, in Nouziers, 4.4 mi away.
33% 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 Pouligny-Notre-Dame.
Graduates make up 16% of adults. 13% are under 15, near Indre’s towns (14%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Pouligny-Notre-Dame has a median age of 53.2 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
| Pouligny-Notre-Dame | Indre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.2% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Pouligny-Notre-Dame number 250, against 250 residents in work (1 per worker). Unemployment stood at 11.7%, near Indre’s towns (12.4%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 10.3% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €6.08/m² a month. The market in Pouligny-Notre-Dame: 30 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €945/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Pouligny-Notre-Dame. Best known first.
Nothing in Pouligny-Notre-Dame 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 Pouligny-Notre-Dame 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouligny-Notre-Dame | 639 | — | — | — | — | — |
| La Châtre | 4,037 | 7.1 | A− | A | D | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Pouligny-Notre-Dame is a commune of 639 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
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.