Loir-et-Cher has 267 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 26 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 55 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
The median ranked town in Loir-et-Cher grades highest on cost of living and walkability against towns across France, and lowest on schools. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subjectThe median ranked town in Loir-et-Cher against French towns · the line marks the median French town
How the towns Loir-et-Cher grade overall22 ranked towns
A6B9C7
6 of 22 (27%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
With the 26 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 267 communes of Loir-et-Cher, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Mont-près-Chambord ranks first of 22 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A) and jobs & income (A−) are its strongest grades; walkability (C−) is its lowest. Saint-Ouen and Cour-Cheverny follow.
How do the biggest towns in Loir-et-Cher grade?
Blois (47,219 people) grades C− overall, with its best grade in walkability. Romorantin-Lanthenay (18,373 people) grades C− overall, with its best grade in cost of living.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Loir-et-Cher, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Loir-et-Cher on TownRatings?
Yes: all 267 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 26 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 55 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 186 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Cellettes and Beauce la Romaine and Saint-Georges-sur-Cher and Villebarou have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
