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2,245 residents make their home in this town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Pupils here do less well than most (D−): brevet results 12.1 points below the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,433/m² takes 4.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Romorantinais et du Monestois. It lags on walkability as well (C−): just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pruniers-en-Sologne 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 Pruniers-en-Sologne 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.
Pruniers-en-Sologne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Pruniers-en-Sologne does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pruniers-en-Sologne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Sous-Préfecture, in Romorantin-Lanthenay, 2.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Pruniers-en-Sologne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pruniers-en-Sologne.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.2 mi away. The nearest collège is 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 63 | 89%−2 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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 270 deaths in Pruniers-en-Sologne from 2016 to 2025; there were 185, 32% fewer. Life expectancy in Loir-et-Cher: 85.2 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 3 GPs practise in the town.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults. Nearly a third of residents are 65 or over, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: 8.9% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Pruniers-en-Sologne | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Pruniers-en-Sologne number 750, against 900 residents in work (0.8 per worker). Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. Half of residents lived on more than €26,490 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980).
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.39/m² a month, close to Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €8.47/m² a month. The market in Pruniers-en-Sologne: 80 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,433/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.4 (2023–2025 average). Recorded offenses in Pruniers-en-Sologne came to 15 in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was vehicle theft (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 45.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Pruniers-en-Sologne. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Matra4.5 km northeast, in Romorantin-LanthenayChâteauChâteauChâteau de Romorantin4.6 km northeast, in Romorantin-LanthenayAttractionAttractionBains-Douche4.6 km northeast, in Romorantin-LanthenayAttractionAttractionCaisse d'Epargne4.8 km northeast, in Romorantin-LanthenayChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beauvais3.4 km east, in Romorantin-LanthenayPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pruniers-en-Sologne yet.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Pruniers-en-Sologne is a commune of 2,245 people in the Communauté de communes du Romorantinais et du Monestois. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruniers-en-Sologne | 2,245 | — | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay | 18,373 | 3.1 | C− | B+ | C | C− |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher | 2,678 | 4.5 | B | A | A− | D |
| Chabris Indre | 2,740 | 6.2 | — | A | — | C |
| Selles-sur-Cher | 4,184 | 7.2 | B+ | A+ | C | C+ |
| Noyers-sur-Cher | 2,631 | 14 | C | A− | B | C− |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne | 6,860 | 16 | B+ | A | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pruniers-en-Sologne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pruniers-en-Sologne grades B+ 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 9, 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.