Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,231 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Coullons has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Coullons does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coullons 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 Coullons as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-André, in Argent-sur-Sauldre, 4.6 mi away.
19% 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 Coullons.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,229/m², below both Loiret’s towns (€1,877/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Coullons recorded 84 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,229/m² | 84 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below Loiret’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Graduates make up a fifth of adults. Half of Coullons is older than 50, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Coullons | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 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.
There is one general practitioner in Coullons. The nearest emergency department to Coullons is Centrehospitalier Pierre Dezarnaulds Gien, 8.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 292 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 334, 14% more. At birth, a girl in Loiret can expect 85.4 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
At the census, 3.1% of working residents in Coullons didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income was €24,940 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Loiret’s towns (€25,190) and compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: the unemployment rate comes to 9.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Coullons is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Coullons.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coullons | 2,231 | — | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Gien | 13,459 | 8.1 | C− | B+ | C− | C− |
| Aubigny-sur-Nère Cher | 5,451 | 9.5 | B+ | A | B− | C− |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire | 2,543 | 11 | — | A− | — | D |
| Briare | 4,911 | 11 | C | A− | C | B− |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire | 3,065 | 12 | A− | A− | B+ | B− |
| Sully-sur-Loire | 5,124 | 12 | C | A− | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Coullons has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Coullons grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Coullons is a commune of 2,231 people in the Communauté de communes Giennoises. 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.