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1,195 people live in this town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is a strength too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability. Homes sell for a median €1,524/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Dhuizon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Dhuizon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dhuizon 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.
Dhuizon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Dhuizon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Chambord, in Chambord, 5.8 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dhuizon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Dhuizon is Centre hospitalier, 14.9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 147 residents of Dhuizon died, against 171 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. In Loir-et-Cher, women can expect to live 85.2 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Loir-et-Cher town has 2 family doctors.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.07/m² a month, close to Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 55 houses and apartments changed hands in Dhuizon from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.96/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,524/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 17% have a degree. Nearly a third of residents are 65 or over, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Dhuizon | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. 250 jobs are based in Dhuizon, for 500 working residents (0.5 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €24,600 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Dhuizon. Best known first.
Nothing in Dhuizon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Dhuizon.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhuizon | 1,195 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Saint-Laurent-Nouan | 4,236 | 8.9 | A− | A− | C+ | C+ |
| Mont-près-Chambord | 3,386 | 10 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
| Mer | 6,250 | 11 | C− | A− | D | C+ |
| Cour-Cheverny | 2,831 | 11 | A | B | A | B |
| Lailly-en-Val Loiret | 3,101 | 12 | A− | A− | A | C |
| Vineuil | 8,064 | 13 | C | B− | C | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Dhuizon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Dhuizon grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Dhuizon is a commune of 1,195 people in the Communauté de communes de la Sologne des Étangs. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.