Romorantin-Lanthenay’s schools fall short (D−): bac results 3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 12.1 points below the expected rate. Taken together, its subjects give Romorantin-Lanthenay a C− overall, better than 16% of compared French towns. Homes are affordable (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add walkability to its strengths (B+) — 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Romorantin-Lanthenay 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 Romorantin-Lanthenay.
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Romorantin-Lanthenay than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 69.8%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 82% of 87 candidates passed the bac pro. On results, collèges and lycées here come #19 of 21 in Loir-et-Cher. Nearly nine in ten candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Romorantin-Lanthenay, below both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (92.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
91%passed the bac (general and technological)D−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Romorantin-Lanthenay has a higher adjusted death rate than 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Romorantin-Lanthenay can choose among 11 GPs. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (86) and compared French towns (88) alike. 2,441 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,236: 9% above. Women in Loir-et-Cher live to 85.2 on average and men to 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Romorantin-Lanthenay · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Romorantin Lanthenay
0.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Romorantin Lanthenay
85.2 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loir-et-Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Romorantin-Lanthenay has 11 historic monuments, 5 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Romorantin-Lanthenay is Église Notre-Dame, puis Saint-Etienne de Romorantin. Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century. Houses and mansions, 6 of the 11, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B+
A home in Romorantin-Lanthenay sells for €1,417/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.
Houses in Romorantin-Lanthenay sell for €1,420/m² and apartments for €1,368/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.08/m² a month, close to Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.68/m² a month.
€1,417/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Romorantin-Lanthenay€1,417/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€1,606/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,420/m²
624
Apartments
€1,368/m²
73
€10.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.70 to €13.20/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,860
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Romorantinais et du Monestois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Romorantin-Lanthenay ranks above 71% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 10.3 cases of violence against people and 16.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Romorantin-Lanthenay logged 395 recorded offenses. Jobs outnumber working residents in Romorantin-Lanthenay (9,400 to 6,400): it draws people in from around. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
10.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage135
Family violence56
Vehicle theft51
Burglary49
Sexual violence46
Other physical violence44
Theft from vehicles14
Fraud111
Theft without violence109
Drug use29
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.
10.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
395
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.1% 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 Romorantin-Lanthenay are out of work than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.9%
Median disposable income is €23,000 a year for each consumption unit. 3.0% of Romorantin-Lanthenay’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot10%
Bicycle4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
9,400
jobs based in Romorantin-Lanthenay, 1.5 per working resident
15.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,000
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Romorantin-Lanthenay hold a degree than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 19%
27% of residents are 65 or over, between Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. The middle age in Romorantin-Lanthenay is 47.2.
47.2median age
Romorantin-LanthenayLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Maison en pans de bois ou Hôtel de la Chancellerie: Photo: François Garnier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien hôtel Saint-Pol ou maison dite de François Ier: Photo: François Garnier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison en bois dite Le Carroir Doré, au Carroir Doré: Photo: François Garnier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sous-Préfecture: Photo: François Garnier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Romorantin-Lanthenay
22 notable people were born in Romorantin-Lanthenay.
Claude de France: anonymous / Unidentified painter, Public domain · Sarah El Haïry: Lionel Barbe, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Charles Fournier: Samuel Chailleux, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Davy Jeanney: Harpagornis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lucien Dubech: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Nassira El Moaddem: Mediapart, CC BY 3.0
Romorantin-Lanthenay’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Romorantin-Lanthenay
Is Romorantin-Lanthenay safe?
It grades C for safety, #17 of 22 in Loir-et-Cher. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 49 burglaries and 135 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Romorantin-Lanthenay good?
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns and #19 of 21 in Loir-et-Cher. 91% of 357 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Claude de France in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Romorantin-Lanthenay expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Romorantin-Lanthenay grades B+ for cost of living.
About Romorantin-Lanthenay
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Romorantin-Lanthenay is a commune of 18,373 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
Population
18,373 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Romorantinais et du Monestois
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.
