Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,013 people, lies in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
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. Schools do well: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Where it falls short is jobs & income (C): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too: 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Meusnes 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 3 things Meusnes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Meusnes 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.
Meusnes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Meusnes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1959.
20% 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 Meusnes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
51 sales of houses and apartments in Meusnes, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,186/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,186/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 3.1 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 14 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les PressignyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 91%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 19% of adults. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.1%, below both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Meusnes | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €24,490 a year per consumption unit, about level with Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and below compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 8.8%. Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.7% of working residents in Meusnes didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Among the classé monuments in Meusnes is Église Saint-Pierre. The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Loir-et-Cher: 85.2 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 128 deaths in Meusnes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 142: 10% below. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Meusnes come to 90 per 100 predicted. The nearest emergency department to Meusnes is Ch Romorantin Lanthenay, 13.3 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Heritage and museums in and near Meusnes. Best known first.
Meusnes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Sébastien Piot · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Meusnes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meusnes | 1,013 | — | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Selles-sur-Cher | 4,184 | 3.6 | B+ | A+ | C | C+ |
| Noyers-sur-Cher | 2,631 | 5.6 | C | A− | B | C− |
| Saint-Aignan | 2,789 | 6.8 | B | A | D | A |
| Chabris Indre | 2,740 | 6.9 | — | A | — | C |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher | 2,678 | 13 | B | A | A− | D |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay | 18,373 | 14 | C− | B+ | C | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Meusnes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,186/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Meusnes grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Meusnes is a commune of 1,013 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
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.