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1,930 people live in this town in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Darvoy’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,085/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Loges. Schools are its weak spot: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. It lags on walkability as well (C−): 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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. Darvoy 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.
Each subject compares Darvoy 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.
Darvoy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Darvoy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Georges, in Bou, 2.5 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Darvoy. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Darvoy.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 6.9 mi away. The closest collège is 1.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le Clos FerboisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 84%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €28,190 a year per consumption unit. Darvoy has 250 jobs for 850 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The census found 5.4% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 133 residents of Darvoy died, against 175 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Darvoy is Chru D Orleans Hopital de la Source, 8.2 mi away. Life expectancy in Loiret: 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. 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, €2,085/m², comes from 68 sales of houses and apartments in Darvoy from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 68 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,088/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
24% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 18%, near both Loiret’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Darvoy in two is 44.8.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Darvoy | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Darvoy 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 Darvoy yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Darvoy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 15% 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 €2,085/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Darvoy grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Darvoy is a commune of 1,930 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 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.