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BonneveauLoir-et-Cher

454 people live in this town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Bonneveau a good place to live?

Bonneveau is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 15% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: 31% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Bonneveau stand out

The 2 things Bonneveau does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste · Classé · Photo: Seraphin M · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bonneveau’s story

Bonneveau in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Bonneveau counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1961.

21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1961First protected: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
  • 1971Most recently protected: Manoir de Matval
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Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Bonneveau counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

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Photo credits

Manoir de Matval: Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Cutlass81 (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Seraphin M · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bonneveau.

Who lives here

Children make up only 10% of Bonneveau, fewer than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns and across compared French towns

54.9median age

14% of adults hold a degree, below Loir-et-Cher’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Line up the people of Bonneveau by age and the one in the middle is 54.9.

BonneveauLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma29%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education14%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bonneveau
BonneveauLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Under 1510%15%17%
15–2410%8.9%11%
25–4417%19%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+31%30%22%
No diploma29%25%19%
CAP or BEP37%30%26%
Baccalauréat15%16%18%
Higher education14%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Bonneveau keeps more of its old housing than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919

2historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Bonneveau is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste. On the Culture ministry’s list, Bonneveau counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

15th c.
oldest protected part
1961
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Bonneveau walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3%

7%walk, cycle or take transit

For its 200 residents in work, Bonneveau has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. 5.5% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,710 a year.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Bonneveau, 0.2 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Bonneveau costs less than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.61/m² a month

€8.61/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Bonneveau recorded 27 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bonneveau€8.61/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€10.23/m²
€8.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.47 to €11.46/m² a month)
€6.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bonneveau

12pages on Bonneveau
Nearby attractions

Château de Matval and 2 more in and around Bonneveau

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Bonneveau. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Bonneveau

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bonneveau yet.

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About Bonneveau

Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Bonneveau is a commune of 454 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Territoires Vendômois. 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
454 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Territoires Vendômois
Département
Loir-et-Cher (41)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
4.2 sq mi (11 km²)
INSEE code
41020

Bonneveau’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Loir-et-Cher →
Montoire-sur-le-LoirSaint-CalaisVendômeSaint-OuenVibrayeChâteau-RenaultMontoire-sur-le-LoirSaint-CalaisVendômeSaint-OuenVibrayeChâteau-RenaultBonneveau
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bonneveau454—————
Montoire-sur-le-Loir3,6466.5B+ABB
Saint-Calais Sarthe2,9487.2BA+CC+
Vendôme15,75814B−BC−A−
Saint-Ouen3,04115AA−BA+
Vibraye Sarthe2,52317—A+—B+
Château-Renault Indre-et-Loire4,39217C−AD−C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.