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1,133 people live in this town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median home sells for €1,451/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Herbault 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 Herbault does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Herbault 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.
Herbault 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 Herbault as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Lancôme, 3.1 mi away.
17% 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 Herbault.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.66/m² a month, near Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 39 houses and apartments changed hands in Herbault from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.65/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,451/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Herbault is Centre hospitalier, 9.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 177 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 175, 1% fewer. 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. The 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Children are 16% of the town. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) but above compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 10% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Herbault | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Herbault has 400 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.8 per worker. Unemployment stood at 7.6%, below both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Herbault didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Herbault 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 Herbault 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbault | 1,133 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Veuzain-sur-Loire | 3,333 | 7.4 | B | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Blois | 47,219 | 8.4 | C− | B− | D− | B− |
| Villebarou | 2,584 | 8.7 | — | B | — | B− |
| Chailles | 2,726 | 9.5 | A | B | B+ | B+ |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor | 4,471 | 10 | B+ | B− | B− | A− |
| Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt | 3,180 | 11 | A− | B− | B− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Herbault has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Herbault grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Herbault is a commune of 1,133 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Blois «Agglopolys». 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.