Homes are affordable (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is walkability: 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. School results trail most towns: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Homes go for a median €1,545/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Faverolles-sur-Cher 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.
Each subject compares Faverolles-sur-Cher 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.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Faverolles-sur-Cher: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1875.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Faverolles-sur-Cher: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ancienne abbaye d'Aigues-Vives: Photo: Selmoval · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Faverolles-sur-Cher.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Faverolles-sur-Cher is harder to get around on foot than 89% of compared French towns
5%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs based in Faverolles-sur-Cher number 250, against 600 residents in work (0.4 per worker). The census found 4.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Unemployment stood at 8.0%, below both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Faverolles-sur-Cher, 0.4 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 11% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Schools around Faverolles-sur-Cher do less well than those of 81% of compared French towns
86.0%passed the brevetC−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.7 mi away. The brevet pass rate near Faverolles-sur-Cher is 86.0%, near Loir-et-Cher’s towns (85.0%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Faverolles-sur-Cher earns a B+ for cost of living
€1,545/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.19/m² a month, close to Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 34 houses and apartments changed hands in Faverolles-sur-Cher from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.34/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Faverolles-sur-Cher€1,545/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€1,606/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,545/m²
34
€10.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.90 to €13.14/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,720
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Val-de-Cher-Controis
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Faverolles-sur-Cher hold a degree than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 20%
48.6median age
Children are 17% of the town. 27% of residents are 65 or over, below Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) but above compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
Faverolles-sur-CherLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Faverolles-sur-Cher sees 92 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loir-et-Cher, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.2 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 134 residents of Faverolles-sur-Cher died, against 146 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Faverolles-sur-Cher is Centre hospitalier Inter Communal Amboise Chateau Renault, 11.1 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Faverolles-sur-Cher · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Inter Communal Amboise Chateau Renault
20.7 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
Old homes shape Faverolles-sur-Cher: 15% were built before 1919, more than in both Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Faverolles-sur-Cher: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Ancienne abbaye d'Aigues-Vives. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Faverolles-sur-Cher is a commune of 1,408 people in the Communauté de communes Val-de-Cher-Controis. 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
1,408 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Val-de-Cher-Controis
Département
Loir-et-Cher (41)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
6 sq mi (15.5 km²)
INSEE code
41080
Faverolles-sur-Cher’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Faverolles-sur-Cher
Is Faverolles-sur-Cher safe?
Faverolles-sur-Cher has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Faverolles-sur-Cher good?
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Faverolles-sur-Cher expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Faverolles-sur-Cher grades B+ for cost of living.
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.
