Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on jobs & income: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 3.0% unemployment. Its weakest subject is walkability — 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are weaker too — brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Tour-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 Tour-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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tour-en-Sologne.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Tour-en-Sologne, 3.0%, runs below Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €28,410 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Tour-en-Sologne didn’t travel to work at all. 4.0% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 92% drove.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot0%
100
jobs based in Tour-en-Sologne, 0.2 per working resident
3.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 8% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Tour-en-Sologne keeps more of its old housing than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Tour-en-Sologne is Château de Villesavin. On the Culture ministry’s list, Tour-en-Sologne counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Tour-en-Sologne has fewer young adults than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (15%). Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. Half the people of Tour-en-Sologne are older than 47.6.
47.6median age
Tour-en-SologneLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. 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
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Tour-en-Sologne run higher than in 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Loir-et-Cher: 85.2 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 82 deaths in Tour-en-Sologne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 93: 11% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Tour-en-Sologne is Centre hospitalier, 9.1 mi away.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Tour-en-Sologne · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier
85.2 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loir-et-Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Tour-en-Sologne
Is Tour-en-Sologne safe?
Tour-en-Sologne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Tour-en-Sologne good?
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Tour-en-Sologne
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Tour-en-Sologne is a commune of 1,140 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Chambord. 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
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.
