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Some 1,200 people live in this town, in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Fresnes’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is another plus: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (D−). The median home sells for €1,799/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Fresnes 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 one thing Fresnes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fresnes 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.
Fresnes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Fresnes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2007.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fresnes.
5.6% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.5% of commuters at the census. For its 550 residents in work, Fresnes has 150 jobs: 0.3 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Fresnes is Centre hospitalier, 11.5 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 82 residents of Fresnes died, against 112 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Loir-et-Cher is 85.2 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Fresnes: 40 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,799/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 8.7 mi away. For collège, the closest is 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 91%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 13% of the total, close to Loir-et-Cher’s towns (13%) and above compared French towns (7.4%). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Retirement age and beyond: 23% of residents are 65 or older. 9.5% of the population is aged 15 to 24, between Loir-et-Cher’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Fresnes is 46.7.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Fresnes | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Of the graded crimes in Fresnes, burglary came up most often (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 9.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.6 (2023–2025 average). All told, Fresnes had 11 recorded offenses in 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 62.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Fresnes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fresnes yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresnes | 1,200 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne | 6,860 | 1.7 | B+ | A | C | B− |
| Cour-Cheverny | 2,831 | 5.2 | A | B | A | B |
| Cellettes | 2,715 | 5.9 | — | B | — | A− |
| Chailles | 2,726 | 8 | A | B | B+ | B+ |
| Mont-près-Chambord | 3,386 | 8.2 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
| Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt | 3,180 | 9.1 | A− | B− | B− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fresnes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fresnes grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Fresnes is a commune of 1,200 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
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 October 30, 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.