Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,218 residents, it is a town in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
School results are strong: brevet results 7 points above the expected rate. Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability (D−): just over half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Bouzy-la-Forêt 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 Bouzy-la-Forêt does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bouzy-la-Forêt 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 Bouzy-la-Forêt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison du 13e siècle, in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, 4.3 mi away.
17% 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 Bouzy-la-Forêt.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 16 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Geneniève De Gaulle - AnthoniozNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 125 | 98%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Bouzy-la-Forêt holds 150 jobs; 600 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Households’ median disposable income: €28,530 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Bouzy-la-Forêt didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,660/m², below Loiret’s towns (€1,877/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. 42 houses and apartments changed hands in Bouzy-la-Forêt from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,660/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.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Bouzy-la-Forêt come to 98 per 100 predicted. 104 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 106: 2% below. Life expectancy at birth in Loiret is 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (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 D to B.
19% are under 15, near Loiret’s towns (18%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population. At 43.8, the median resident of Bouzy-la-Forêt sits in the middle of the age range.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Bouzy-la-Forêt | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Bouzy-la-Forêt 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 Bouzy-la-Forêt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouzy-la-Forêt | 1,218 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Sully-sur-Loire | 5,124 | 6.4 | C | A− | C+ | C+ |
| Lorris | 2,996 | 6.7 | B+ | A− | B+ | D |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Loire | 8,546 | 7.2 | B− | B− | B | B− |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire | 2,543 | 7.4 | — | A− | — | D |
| Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel | 3,065 | 11 | A− | B | A− | A− |
| Jargeau | 4,610 | 12 | C | B− | A− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bouzy-la-Forêt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bouzy-la-Forêt grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Bouzy-la-Forêt is a commune of 1,218 people in the Communauté de communes des Loges. 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.