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A town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, home to 1,150 people.
Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: bac results 5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. It lags on walkability as well (D): 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% 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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Mareuil-sur-Cher 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.
Each subject compares Mareuil-sur-Cher 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.
Mareuil-sur-Cher has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Mareuil-sur-Cher does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Mareuil-sur-Cher; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1935.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Mareuil-sur-Cher has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mareuil-sur-Cher.
Mareuil-sur-Cher holds 200 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.1% of commuters at the census. Also worth knowing: at the census, 5.2% of working residents in Mareuil-sur-Cher didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 8 mi away. A collège lies 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joseph Paul-BoncourNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 95 | 79%−9 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Val de CherNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 57 | 81%−5 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.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Mareuil-sur-Cher come to 104 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 126 residents of Mareuil-sur-Cher died, against 121 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. The nearest emergency department to Mareuil-sur-Cher is Centre hospitalier Inter Communal Amboise Chateau Renault, 18.5 mi away. Average lifespans in Loir-et-Cher: 85.2 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.95/m² a month, close to Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Mareuil-sur-Cher recorded 33 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.34/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,291/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, lower than Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Among adults, 23% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Mareuil-sur-Cher | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Mareuil-sur-Cher; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Mareuil-sur-Cher. Best known first.
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Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mareuil-sur-Cher yet.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Mareuil-sur-Cher is a commune of 1,150 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mareuil-sur-Cher | 1,150 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Saint-Aignan | 2,789 | 2 | B | A | D | A |
| Noyers-sur-Cher | 2,631 | 3.1 | C | A− | B | C− |
| Montrichard Val de Cher | 3,611 | 8 | C+ | A− | C | B− |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Cher | 2,710 | 9.9 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne | 6,860 | 10 | B+ | A | C | B− |
| Selles-sur-Cher | 4,184 | 11 | B+ | A+ | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mareuil-sur-Cher has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 10% 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 Mareuil-sur-Cher grades A− for cost of living.
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.