Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability: 20% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag (C−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. Holiday and other second homes account for 16% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Pouligny-Saint-Pierre 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.
Each subject compares Pouligny-Saint-Pierre 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pouligny-Saint-Pierre.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
On foot, Pouligny-Saint-Pierre works less well than 95% of compared French towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 8.3%, below Indre’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 4.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,950 a year.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
150
jobs based in Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, 0.4 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 5% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Pouligny-Saint-Pierre cost less than in both Indre’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,071/m²
€1,071/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.50/m² a month, near Indre’s towns (€8.76/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €6.12/m² a month. Sales in Pouligny-Saint-Pierre from July 2023 to June 2026: 34 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre€1,071/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre median€1,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,071/m²
34
€8.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.36 to €11.37/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Brenne - Val de Creuse
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 29% of residents are 65 or over
51.1median age
15% are under 15, higher than Indre’s towns (14%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Pouligny-Saint-Pierre are older than 51.1. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town.
Pouligny-Saint-PierreIndre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate
96%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.6 mi away. At the lycées within 5 km of Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, 93.5% passed the bac, close to both Indre’s towns (92.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 66% of compared French towns
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Pouligny-Saint-Pierre’s deaths ran at 94 per 100 expected, close to Indre’s towns (96) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 112 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 105, 6% fewer. Life expectancy in Indre: 84 years for women and 76.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Pouligny-Saint-Pierre · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Chateauroux Antenne du Blanc
25.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Poitiers site Chatellerault
84 · 76.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Pouligny-Saint-Pierre. Police and gendarmerie figures for Pouligny-Saint-Pierre show 5 offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10.3.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage5
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud10
Drug use0
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
3.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
51.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (51.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre is a commune of 1,023 people in the Communauté de communes Brenne - Val de Creuse. 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
1,023 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Brenne - Val de Creuse
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
18.3 sq mi (47.3 km²)
INSEE code
36165
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pouligny-Saint-Pierre
Is Pouligny-Saint-Pierre safe?
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Pouligny-Saint-Pierre good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns. 96% of 72 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pasteur in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pouligny-Saint-Pierre expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pouligny-Saint-Pierre grades A for cost of living.
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.
