Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Homes go for a median €1,189/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pezou 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 Pezou 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Pezou’s ages would predict, 111 per 100 expected, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pezou is Centre hospitalier Vendome Montoire, 6.3 mi away. 127 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 114: 11% above. In Loir-et-Cher, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.2 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The town has one family doctor.
+11%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted111
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Pezou · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Vendome Montoire
6.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Maternite centre hospitalier Vendome Montoire
85.2 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loir-et-Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Pezou: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Pezou: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Gisement préhistorique. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Pezou are under 15, more than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.1%, lower than both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Among adults, 26% have a degree.
45median age
PezouLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Pezou, 4.0%, runs below Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
Pezou holds 150 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €25,150 a year per consumption unit.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport4%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Pezou, 0.3 per working resident
4.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pezou
Is Pezou safe?
Pezou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Pezou expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pezou grades A for cost of living.
About Pezou
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Pezou is a commune of 1,101 people in the Communauté de communes du Perche et Haut 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
Population
1,101 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Perche et Haut Vendômois
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.
