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Population 754: a town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Marcilly-en-Gault has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 21% of its housing. The median price paid is €1,263/m². It skews older: just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
The 3 things Marcilly-en-Gault does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Marcilly-en-Gault as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Genoulph, in Selles-Saint-Denis, 5.8 mi away.
22% 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 Marcilly-en-Gault.
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Marcilly-en-Gault | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.8% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
11.4% of the labour force are out of work. Marcilly-en-Gault has 50 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.2 per worker. No commute at all: 3.0% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.56/m² a month. Sales in Marcilly-en-Gault from July 2023 to June 2026: 33 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,263/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Marcilly-en-Gault 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 Marcilly-en-Gault 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcilly-en-Gault | 754 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Salbris | 4,809 | 8.6 | C+ | A | B− | C− |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay | 18,373 | 9.5 | C− | B+ | C | C− |
| Lamotte-Beuvron | 4,504 | 12 | B+ | B+ | B− | A− |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher | 2,678 | 13 | B | A | A− | D |
| La Ferté-Saint-Aubin Loiret | 7,284 | 18 | A | B | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Marcilly-en-Gault is a commune of 754 people in the Communauté de communes de la Sologne des Étangs. 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.