Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. It also trails on safety — an average of 8.4 recorded violent incidents and 18.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at C+, better than 40% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #17 of 22 in Loir-et-Cher.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Montrichard Val de 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montrichard Val de Cher.
History
Montrichard Val de Cher is rich in protected monuments: 30 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 8 of 11. Among the classé monuments in Montrichard Val de Cher is Ancien château. This Loir-et-Cher town has 11 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 5 classé, the highest protection, and 6 inscrit, the second level. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Montrichard Val de Cher than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 9.4% are under 15
People 65 and over make up nearly two fifths of the town, above both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8% of the town. Graduates make up 17% of adults.
57.5median age
Montrichard Val de CherLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
A home in Montrichard Val de Cher sells for €1,468/m², less than in both Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.90/m² a month, close to Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in Montrichard Val de Cher sell for €1,210/m², houses for €1,573/m². This Loir-et-Cher town recorded 194 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,468/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Montrichard Val de Cher€1,468/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€1,606/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,573/m²
153
Apartments
€1,210/m²
41
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.29 to €13.44/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,720
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Val-de-Cher-Controis
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Montrichard Val de Cher has more crime per resident than 72% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Montrichard Val de Cher was criminal damage (2025). 2025 saw 85 offenses recorded locally. This Loir-et-Cher town has 2,200 jobs for 1,200 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
8.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage33
Family violence19
Burglary16
Vehicle theft9
Sexual violence8
Theft without violence29
Fraud27
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
8.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
85
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Montrichard Val de Cher are out of work than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.7%
The median disposable income is €23,760 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Montrichard Val de Cher went to work by public transport.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot9%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
2,200
jobs based in Montrichard Val de Cher, 1.8 per working resident
14.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 68% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Montrichard Val de Cher’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 55% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 711 residents of Montrichard Val de Cher died, against 698 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. Its care home for older people (138 places) counts its residents as Montrichard Val de Cher’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Montrichard Val de Cher is Centre hospitalier Inter Communal Amboise Chateau Renault, 10.5 mi away. 5 GPs practise locally.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Montrichard Val de Cher · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Inter Communal Amboise Chateau Renault
18.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier
85.2 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loir-et-Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Maison dite du Prèche: Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Notre-Dame-de-Nanteuil: Photo: Original téléversé par Manu25 sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Deux maisons en bois du 15e siècle: Photo: Rensi sur Wikipédia allemand · Public domain · Maison en bois du 16e siècle dite de l'Ave Maria: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Montrichard Val de Cher
2 notable people were born in Montrichard Val de Cher.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montrichard Val de Cher
Is Montrichard Val de Cher safe?
It grades C for safety, #18 of 22 in Loir-et-Cher. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Montrichard Val de Cher good?
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns and #11 of 21 in Loir-et-Cher. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montrichard Val de Cher expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montrichard Val de Cher grades A− for cost of living.
About Montrichard Val de Cher
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Montrichard Val de Cher is a commune of 3,611 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
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.
