Valençay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Valençay 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 Valençay.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Valençay: 42% are 65 or over, above Indre’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by 17% of adults. 9.4% are under 15, below Indre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.1%.
60.3median age
ValençayIndre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
Schools around Valençay do less well than those of 93% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
83.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Valençay, about level with Indre’s towns (84.1%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 16.6 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Valençay sell for a median €924/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.27/m² a month, near Indre’s towns (€8.76/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €6.34/m² a month. Sales in Valençay from July 2023 to June 2026: 88 houses and apartments.
€924/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Valençay€924/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre median€1,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€924/m²
88
€9.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.21 to €11.92/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,510
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Écueillé-Valençay
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Valençay has 1.8 jobs for every resident in work
Unemployment stood at 12.0%, close to Indre’s towns (12.4%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,100 a year per consumption unit. 7.1% of Valençay’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot11%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
1,250
jobs based in Valençay, 1.8 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Valençay is 15.9 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
598 deaths in Valençay between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 467: 28% above. Its two care homes for older people (151 places) count their residents as Valençay’s; allowing for them, deaths were 7% below expected. Also worth knowing: the town has 2 family doctors. In Indre, women can expect to live 84 years and men 76.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw128
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Valençay · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Romorantin Lanthenay
15.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Romorantin Lanthenay
84 · 76.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Valençay keeps more of its old housing than Indre or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Valençay is Domaine du château de Valençay. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Valençay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.9 violent offenses and 6.2 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie recorded 31 offenses in Valençay in 2025. The town has 1,250 jobs for 700 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
3.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Family violence8
Sexual violence8
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Fraud18
Theft without violence12
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.
3.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
31
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
34.4%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 34.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Valençay
Is Valençay safe?
Valençay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Valençay good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Valençay expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Valençay grades A for cost of living.
About Valençay
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Valençay is a commune of 2,228 people in the Communauté de communes Écueillé-Valençay. 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
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.
