Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, this town has 2,268 residents.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on safety: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 12.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Gièvres 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 Gièvres does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gièvres 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.
Gièvres 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 Gièvres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Christophe et Saint-Phalier, in Chabris, 1.8 mi away.
19% 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 Gièvres.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.1 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Clos de la GarenneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 46 | 72%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Loir-et-Cher: 85.2 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 243 deaths in Gièvres from 2016 to 2025; there were 293, 21% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Gièvres is Ch Romorantin Lanthenay, 6.3 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.12/m² a month, below Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses are advertised at an estimated €6.28/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 100 homes in Gièvres.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,174/m² | 100 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Gièvres’s tally for 2025: 38 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes locally, burglary came up most often (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 16.4% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The under-15s are 15% of the population here. 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, near Loir-et-Cher’s towns (8.9%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Gièvres | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 38% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Gièvres holds 400 jobs; 850 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. 8.2% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 8.6% 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%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Gièvres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gièvres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gièvres | 2,268 | — | — | A | B+ | D− |
| Chabris Indre | 2,740 | 2 | — | A | — | C |
| Selles-sur-Cher | 4,184 | 4.7 | B+ | A+ | C | C+ |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher | 2,678 | 4.9 | B | A | A− | D |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay | 18,373 | 6.7 | C− | B+ | C | C− |
| Noyers-sur-Cher | 2,631 | 12 | C | A− | B | C− |
| Saint-Aignan | 2,789 | 14 | B | A | D | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gièvres grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Gièvres is a commune of 2,268 people in the Communauté de communes du Romorantinais et du Monestois. 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.