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With 1,258 residents, it is a town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health, C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability. 14% of homes here are second homes. Homes sell for a median €1,347/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. Theillay 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.
The 3 things Theillay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Theillay 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.
Theillay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Theillay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Jardin de l'Abbaye, dit aussi square Lucien Beaufrère, in Vierzon, 6.4 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Theillay.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.84/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 97% were houses. 34 houses and apartments changed hands in Theillay from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,351/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
31% of residents are 65 or over, near Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 16% of the population here. The median resident of Theillay is 51 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Theillay | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per resident in work, Theillay counts 1 jobs (450 jobs, 450 workers). Bus, tram or train carried 3.7% of working residents in Theillay to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 10.6%, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (9.8%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Theillay. Its care home for older people (19 places) counts its residents as Theillay’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 148 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 150, 1% more. 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.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Nothing in Theillay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Theillay yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theillay | 1,258 | — | — | A | — | B |
| Vierzon Cher | 25,068 | 6.3 | C | A | D | C− |
| Salbris | 4,809 | 7.9 | C+ | A | B− | C− |
| Méreau Cher | 2,632 | 8.5 | — | A+ | — | B− |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher | 2,678 | 13 | B | A | A− | D |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay | 18,373 | 14 | C− | B+ | C | C− |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre Cher | 6,380 | 14 | C | A | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Theillay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 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 Theillay grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Theillay is a commune of 1,258 people in the Communauté de communes de la Sologne des Rivières. 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
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 4, 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.