Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 9,083 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Chécy grades B overall: better than 63% of compared French towns, and #22 of 43 in Loiret. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,238/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Orléans Métropole. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Chécy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chécy 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 2 historic monuments in Chécy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1908.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Chécy. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chécy.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Chécy, 83.2% passed the brevet, lower than both Loiret’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #44 of 48 in Loiret.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 168 | 82%−10 pts |
| Lycée Jacques MonodNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 460 | 93%−4 pts |
| Collège Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 126 | 77%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
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, 640 residents of Chécy died, against 784 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Chécy is Chru D Orleans Hopital de la Source, 6.4 mi away. This Loiret town has 4 family doctors.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
More of the graded crimes in Chécy were criminal damage than anything else (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 148 recorded offenses. Violence against people averaged 6.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 10.5.
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 armed robbery and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 1.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,238/m²: 309 houses and apartments sold in Chécy between July 2023 and June 2026. A house in Chécy goes for €2,239/m², an apartment for €2,196/m². Houses made up 90% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,239/m² | 279 |
| Apartments | €2,196/m² | 30 |
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.
Among the classé monuments in Chécy is Église Saint-Pierre. The protected list starts in the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.3% of the total, close to both Loiret’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stands at 7.6%. No commute at all: 3.1% of working residents in Chécy at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19%, about level with Loiret’s towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). Residents of Chécy have a median age of 43.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Chécy | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Chécy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Château de la Prêche: Photo: U4you · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Croquant · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Chécy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chécy | 9,083 | — | B | C | B+ | A− |
| Mardié | 3,078 | 1.8 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Saint-Jean-de-Braye | 23,147 | 2.7 | C+ | C | B− | B− |
| Saint-Denis-en-Val | 7,766 | 3.2 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Sandillon | 4,300 | 3.9 | — | C | — | B |
| Donnery | 2,873 | 4 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Semoy | 3,269 | 4 | — | C | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #17 of 43 in Loiret. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 62 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns and #44 of 48 in Loiret. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,238/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chécy grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Chécy is a commune of 9,083 people in the Orléans Métropole. 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.
