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ChevernyLoir-et-Cher

A town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, home to 910 people.

Is Cheverny a good place to live?

Cheverny isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 12% of homes. 29% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Cheverny stand out

The 2 things Cheverny does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de Cheverny
Château de Cheverny · Classé · Photo: Original téléversé par Manfred Heyde sur Wikipédia allemand . ( Texte original : de:Manfred Heyde ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cheverny’s story

Cheverny in pictures

Cheverny has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1926First protected: Château de Cheverny
  • 2000Most recently protected: Château de Troussay
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Nearby attractions

Château de Cheverny and 14 more in and around Cheverny

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Cheverny. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cheverny.

Who lives here

Few people in Cheverny are 15 to 24: 7.5%, fewer than in both Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, about level with Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) and above compared French towns (22%). Just over a third of adults hold a degree. Cheverny has a median age of 51.4.

51.4median age
ChevernyLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cheverny
ChevernyLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–247.5%8.9%11%
25–4419%19%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+29%30%22%
No diploma13%25%19%
CAP or BEP29%30%26%
Baccalauréat20%16%18%
Higher education34%24%30%

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

History

Cheverny keeps more of its old housing than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919

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

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Cheverny is Château de Cheverny. 2 of the 3 are houses and mansions. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Cheverny has lower unemployment than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 5.1%

Cheverny has 300 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.7 per worker. Half of residents lived on more than €29,450 a year per consumption unit, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 7.6% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Public transport0%
300
jobs based in Cheverny, 0.7 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
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 Cheverny costs less than in both Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.97/m² a month

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

Cheverny recorded 28 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€7.97/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cheverny€7.97/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€10.23/m²
€7.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.97 to €10.63/m² a month)
€10.35/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 Cheverny

12pages on Cheverny

Landmarks

Cheverny has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →
Photo credits

église Saint-Étienne: Photo: F Ceragioli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Troussay: Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Calame (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · Public domain

Famous people from Cheverny

Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Cheverny as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Cheverny’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 →
Cour-ChevernyCellettesMont-près-ChambordLe Controis-en-SologneSaint-Gervais-la-ForêtChaillesCour-ChevernyCellettesMont-près-ChambordLe Controis-en-SologneSaint-Gervais-la-ForêtChaillesCheverny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cheverny910—————
Cour-Cheverny2,8311.5ABAB
Cellettes2,7153.6—B—A−
Mont-près-Chambord3,3864.5A+A−AA−
Le Controis-en-Sologne6,8605.1B+ACB−
Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt3,1806.6A−B−B−A−
Chailles2,7266.9ABB+B+

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

About Cheverny

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

Cheverny is a commune of 910 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Blois «Agglopolys». 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
910 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Blois «Agglopolys»
Département
Loir-et-Cher (41)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
12.8 sq mi (33 km²)
INSEE code
41050

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.