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259 people call this town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire home.

Is Cour-sur-Loire a good place to live?

Cour-sur-Loire has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up a tenth of its housing. It skews older: 39% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Cour-sur-Loire stand out

The 2 things Cour-sur-Loire does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château
Château · Inscrit · Photo: Chbo91 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cour-sur-Loire’s story

Cour-sur-Loire in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Cour-sur-Loire: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1846.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2008.

39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1846First protected: Église Saint-Vincent
  • 1971Most recently protected: Maison du 15e siècle
  • 2008The protected historic area is created
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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Cour-sur-Loire: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Vincent: Photo: Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cour-sur-Loire.

Who lives here

Cour-sur-Loire has fewer young adults than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 4.5% are 15 to 24

59.7median age

Under 15: 11% of residents. Degrees are held by 32% of adults, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Also worth knowing: the age that splits Cour-sur-Loire in two is 59.7.

Cour-sur-LoireLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

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.

Ages and diplomas in Cour-sur-Loire
Cour-sur-LoireLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Under 1511%15%17%
15–244.5%8.9%11%
25–4416%19%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+39%30%22%
No diploma21%25%19%
CAP or BEP24%30%26%
Baccalauréat17%16%18%
Higher education32%24%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Cour-sur-Loire: 39% were built before 1919, more than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns

3historic monuments

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

Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2008. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Cour-sur-Loire: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Vincent.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1846
first monument protected
2008
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
39%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Cour-sur-Loire run higher than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: a median €31,670 a year per consumption unit

7%walk, cycle or take transit

6.6% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 6.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Cour-sur-Loire counts 0.4 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Cour-sur-Loire, 0.4 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Cour-sur-Loire is €10.62/m² a month

€10.62/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

House rents are put at about €8.92/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 11 homes in Cour-sur-Loire.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cour-sur-Loire€10.62/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€10.23/m²
€10.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.30 to €13.58/m² a month)
€8.92/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 Cour-sur-Loire

12pages on Cour-sur-Loire
Nearby attractions

Château de Cour-sur-Loire and 10 more in and around Cour-sur-Loire

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Cour-sur-Loire. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Cour-sur-Loire

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cour-sur-Loire yet.

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About Cour-sur-Loire

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

Cour-sur-Loire is a commune of 259 people in the Communauté de communes Beauce Val de Loire. 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
259 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Beauce Val de Loire
Département
Loir-et-Cher (41)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
2.3 sq mi (5.9 km²)
INSEE code
41069

Cour-sur-Loire’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 →
La Chaussée-Saint-VictorMerVineuilVillebarouMont-près-ChambordBloisLa Chaussée-Saint-VictorMerVineuilVillebarouMont-près-ChambordBloisCour-sur-Loire
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cour-sur-Loire259—————
La Chaussée-Saint-Victor4,4714.5B+B−B−A−
Mer6,2504.9C−A−DC+
Vineuil8,0645.3CB−CC−
Villebarou2,5845.3—B—B−
Mont-près-Chambord3,3866.8A+A−AA−
Blois47,2196.9C−B−D−B−

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 8, 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.