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A town of 1,408 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Dry has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,115/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Val de Loire.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Dry 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 Dry as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Liphard, in Meung-sur-Loire, 2.1 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Dry. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Meung-sur-Loire3.4 km northwest, in Meung-sur-Loire
AttractionBasilique Notre-Dame de Cléry3.9 km northeast, in Cléry-Saint-AndréAttractionAttractionLes Jardins de Roquelin3.2 km north, in Meung-sur-LoireAttractionAttractionLa promenade des Mauves et des moulins3.4 km northwest, in Meung-sur-LoireAttractionAttractionChâteau de Meung sur Loire3.5 km northwest, in Meung-sur-LoirePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dry.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Dry sits above both Loiret’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Maîtrise Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 45 | 100%+10 pts |
| Collège Jacques de TristanBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 75 | 99%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Dry below both Loiret’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €28,590 a year per consumption unit.
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.
On this, Dry is below both Loiret’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 420 residents of Dry died, against 290 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 45% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
In the comparison, Dry comes below both Loiret’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 27% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Dry | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,115/m², comes from 32 sales of houses and apartments in Dry from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.13/m² a month, close to Loiret’s towns (€11.99/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,115/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Dry is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Dry.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry | 1,408 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Meung-sur-Loire | 6,670 | 2.6 | A | B | B− | B− |
| Lailly-en-Val | 3,101 | 2.7 | A− | A− | A | C |
| Cléry-Saint-André | 3,596 | 2.9 | — | B | — | A |
| Beaugency | 8,024 | 4.2 | A− | B+ | B− | A− |
| Saint-Ay | 3,766 | 5 | A+ | B | A− | A− |
| Chaingy | 4,116 | 6.7 | B+ | C | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Dry has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 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 92% 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 €2,115/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Dry grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Dry is a commune of 1,408 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Val de Loire. 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.