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A town of 1,994 in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.
Vatan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 16 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.6 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.
The 2 things Vatan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vatan 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.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Vatan; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vatan.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 11.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Ferdinand de LessepsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 55 | 60%−16 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.51/m² a month, close to Indre’s towns (€8.76/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 99% houses, the rest apartments. Houses are advertised at an estimated €6.58/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €933/m² | 73 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs located in Vatan: 700, for 850 residents in work (0.8 each). Households’ median disposable income: €24,260 a year per consumption unit. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 15.7% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Vatan is Centre hospitalier de la Tour Blanche, 11.6 mi away. Adjusted for age and care homes, Vatan records 98 deaths per 100 expected, near Indre’s towns (96) and higher than compared French towns (88). 424 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 349: 21% above. 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
14% are under 15, close to Indre’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.1%. Degrees are held by a fifth of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
| Vatan | Indre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Vatan; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6 cases of violence against people and 10.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The police record for Vatan lists 30 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were other physical violence than anything else (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 26.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Vatan. Best known first.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Vatan; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Église Saint-Laurian: Photo: Vincent van Zeijst · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Vatan.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Vatan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vatan grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Vatan is a commune of 1,994 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
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 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.
