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A town of 1,546 in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is another plus (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is its weak spot (C−) — 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €1,622/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Soings-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 Soings-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.
Soings-en-Sologne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Soings-en-Sologne does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Soings-en-Sologne: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The list names few of Soings-en-Sologne’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Soings-en-Sologne.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €8.59/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 42 homes in Soings-en-Sologne.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,622/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
152 deaths in Soings-en-Sologne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 173: 12% below. The nearest emergency department to Soings-en-Sologne is Ch Romorantin Lanthenay, 10.3 mi away. The town has one family doctor. Average lifespans in Loir-et-Cher: 85.2 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Jobs located in Soings-en-Sologne: 400, for 650 residents in work (0.6 each). At the census, 4.9% of commuters got to work without a car. Half of residents lived on more than €25,440 a year per consumption unit, near both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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 Soings-en-Sologne is Deux tumuli. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (15%). Over-65s are 24% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Soings-en-Sologne | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Soings-en-Sologne. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Soings-en-Sologne yet.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Soings-en-Sologne is a commune of 1,546 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soings-en-Sologne | 1,546 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne | 6,860 | 6.6 | B+ | A | C | B− |
| Cour-Cheverny | 2,831 | 7.4 | A | B | A | B |
| Selles-sur-Cher | 4,184 | 9.5 | B+ | A+ | C | C+ |
| Cellettes | 2,715 | 10 | — | B | — | A− |
| Mont-près-Chambord | 3,386 | 11 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
| Noyers-sur-Cher | 2,631 | 11 | C | A− | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Soings-en-Sologne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Soings-en-Sologne grades A 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.