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A town of 1,985 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Baule has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,951/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Val de Loire. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Baule does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Baule 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Baule as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Liphard, in Meung-sur-Loire, 1.5 mi away.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Baule. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Meung-sur-Loire2.4 km northeast, in Meung-sur-Loire
AttractionChâteau de Dunois4.5 km southwest, in BeaugencyAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Beaugency4.5 km southwest, in BeaugencyChurchChurchÉglise Notre-Dame de Beaugency4.5 km southwest, in BeaugencyAttractionAttractionTour Saint-Firmin4.7 km southwest, in BeaugencyAttractionAttractionTour de l'Horloge4.6 km southwest, in BeaugencyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Baule.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Baule is 96.2%, above Loiret’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Collège pupils travel 1.6 mi to the nearest one. At the general lycée, 97% of 375 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gaston CoutéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 117 | 92%±0 pts |
| Lycée François VillonNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 375 | 97%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Maîtrise Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 45 | 100%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,951/m², comes from 56 sales of houses and apartments in Baule from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.13/m² a month, below both Loiret’s towns (€11.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.18/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,951/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Degrees are held by a third of adults, higher than both Loiret’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). At 44.5, the median resident of Baule sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Baule | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Loiret: 85.4 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 117 residents of Baule died, against 140 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Baule records 84 deaths per 100 expected, close to Loiret’s towns (87) and below compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Baule is Chru D Orleans Hopital de la Source, 12 mi away.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
The census found 8.4% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The median disposable income was €28,360 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Loiret’s towns (€25,190) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.2 violent offenses and 8.4 graded property crimes a year. Recorded offenses in Baule came to 18 in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 56.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Baule is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Baule as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baule | 1,985 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Meung-sur-Loire | 6,670 | 1.9 | A | B | B− | B− |
| Beaugency | 8,024 | 2.7 | A− | B+ | B− | A− |
| Lailly-en-Val | 3,101 | 3.4 | A− | A− | A | C |
| Cléry-Saint-André | 3,596 | 4.5 | — | B | — | A |
| Saint-Ay | 3,766 | 5.4 | A+ | B | A− | A− |
| Chaingy | 4,116 | 7.2 | B+ | C | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Baule has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,951/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Baule grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Baule is a commune of 1,985 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Val de Loire. 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.