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This town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire has a population of 1,272.
Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is health (C−). Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C+): 36% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Just over one in ten homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Lunay 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 2 things Lunay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lunay 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.
Lunay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Lunay has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
28% 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 Lunay.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.79/m² a month, lower than both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €6.64/m² a month. 41 houses and apartments changed hands in Lunay from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,316/m² | 41 |
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.
124 deaths in Lunay between 2016 and 2025, close to the 125 that France’s rates at each age predict. Adjusted for age and care homes, Lunay records 100 deaths per 100 expected, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (86) and compared French towns (88) alike. The nearest emergency department to Lunay is Centre hospitalier Vendome Montoire, 6.6 mi away. 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
The unemployment rate comes to 8.6%. Households’ median disposable income: €26,410 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 5.7% of working residents in Lunay at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Lunay has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
25% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 28% of adults, between Loir-et-Cher’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Lunay by age and the one in the middle is 49.9.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Lunay | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Lunay. Best known first.
Lunay has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Original téléversé par Tybald2000 sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Lunay as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunay | 1,272 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir | 3,646 | 4 | B+ | A | B | B |
| Vendôme | 15,758 | 6.5 | B− | B | C− | A− |
| Saint-Ouen | 3,041 | 7.2 | A | A− | B | A+ |
| Saint-Calais Sarthe | 2,948 | 12 | B | A+ | C | C+ |
| Château-Renault Indre-et-Loire | 4,392 | 14 | C− | A | D− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lunay 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 5.3 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 Lunay grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Lunay is a commune of 1,272 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Territoires Vendômois. 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.