With an A overall, Cour-Cheverny is better than 93% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #3 of 22 in Loir-et-Cher. Where it does best is safety: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,841/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Blois «Agglopolys». What counts against it is walkability — 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Cour-Cheverny 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 Cour-Cheverny.
Safety
Cour-Cheverny records less crime per resident than 89% of compared French towns
Cour-Cheverny ranks first of the 22 compared towns in Loir-et-Cher on the Safety Grade. The police record for Cour-Cheverny lists 39 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
2.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage15
Burglary12
Family violence6
Vehicle theft6
Armed robbery0
Fraud22
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.
2.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
39
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
22.5%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (22.5% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Cour-Cheverny has fewer young adults than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3% are 15 to 24
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, close to Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) and above compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 14% of residents. Degrees are held by 26% of adults.
51.6median age
Cour-ChevernyLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Fewer people in Cour-Cheverny are out of work than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.6%
At the census, 6.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Cour-Cheverny: 800, for 1,200 residents in work (0.7 each). The median disposable income is €27,930 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
800
jobs based in Cour-Cheverny, 0.7 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Cour-Cheverny is graded a B for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.92/m² a month, higher than Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €1,841/m²: 86 houses and apartments sold in Cour-Cheverny between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€1,841/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cour-Cheverny€1,841/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€1,606/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,855/m²
84
€10.92/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.49 to €14.05/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,520
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Blois «Agglopolys»
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Cour-Cheverny keeps more of its old housing than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cour-Cheverny, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Cour-Cheverny run lower than in 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Cour-Cheverny has 2 family doctors. Its care home for older people (68 places) counts its residents as Cour-Cheverny’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. 414 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 411: 1% above. The nearest emergency department to Cour-Cheverny is Centre hospitalier, 8.2 mi away.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Cour-Cheverny · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
8.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier
85.2 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loir-et-Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cour-Cheverny
Is Cour-Cheverny safe?
It grades A for safety, #1 of 22 in Loir-et-Cher. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Is Cour-Cheverny expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,841/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cour-Cheverny grades B for cost of living.
About Cour-Cheverny
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Cour-Cheverny is a commune of 2,831 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
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.
