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A town of 1,203 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Ardon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 32.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,769/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Portes de Sologne. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Ardon 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ardon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2001.
Eugène Turbat, born in 1865, is the one person born in Ardon before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ardon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Ardon comes below both Loiret’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 73 residents of Ardon died, against 108 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 33% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 26 offenses in the graded categories in Ardon in 2025. With 850 jobs for 600 working residents, Ardon draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 17.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
For Ardon, that is above both Loiret’s towns (€25,190) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 4.5%.
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.
Ardon sits above both Loiret’s towns (€11.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €2,769/m², comes from 48 sales of houses and apartments in Ardon from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,563/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ardon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
That puts Ardon above both Loiret’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Ardon | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 59% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Ardon. Best known first.
Ardon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Boisgibault: Photo: Bourdon Blanc · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Ardon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardon | 1,203 | — | — | C | D | A |
| Saint-Cyr-en-Val | 3,467 | 4.7 | A | C | A | A |
| Olivet | 23,507 | 5 | A | C− | A− | A |
| Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin | 3,261 | 5.2 | — | C | — | A+ |
| Cléry-Saint-André | 3,596 | 5.7 | — | B | — | A |
| La Ferté-Saint-Aubin | 7,284 | 6.1 | A | B | B+ | B− |
| Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin | 6,256 | 6.2 | A− | C− | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,769/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ardon grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Ardon is a commune of 1,203 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes de Sologne. 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 October 30, 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.