Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,448 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Cercottes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,148/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Beauce Loirétaine. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Cercottes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cercottes 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 Cercottes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel Tassin de Montcour, in Orléans, 5.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cercottes.
21% of residents are children under 15. Degrees are held by a third of adults, higher than both Loiret’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 13% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Cercottes | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 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.
In Loiret, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 72 deaths in Cercottes from 2016 to 2025; there were 49, 32% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Cercottes is Oreliance Reine Blanche, 3.2 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,148/m², comes from 34 sales of houses and apartments in Cercottes from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 94% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,134/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 8.0%. At the census, 7.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Loiret’s towns (13.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Cercottes has 450 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.5 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 5.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège MontjoieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 153 | 86%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Cercottes. Best known first.
Nothing in Cercottes 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 Cercottes yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Cercottes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 56% 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 €2,148/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cercottes grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Cercottes is a commune of 1,448 people in the Communauté de communes de la Beauce Loirétaine. 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.