Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B for jobs & income. Second homes make up 12% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Ligny-le-Ribault 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 Ligny-le-Ribault 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Ligny-le-Ribault run higher than in Loiret’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €29,190 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 7.1%, below Loiret’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The census found 5.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Jobs based in Ligny-le-Ribault number 150, against 550 residents in work (0.3 per worker).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
150
jobs based in Ligny-le-Ribault, 0.3 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Ligny-le-Ribault are 15 to 24: 8.2%, fewer than in Loiret’s towns and across compared French towns
25% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Loiret’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 37% of adults.
48median age
Ligny-le-RibaultLoiret medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Ligny-le-Ribault run higher than in 53% of compared French towns
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 121 deaths in Ligny-le-Ribault from 2016 to 2025; there were 108, 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Ligny-le-Ribault is Chru D Orleans Hopital de la Source, 12.2 mi away.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Ligny-le-Ribault · 1.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru D Orleans Hopital de la Source
12.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chru D Orleans Hopital de la Source
85.4 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loiret, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ligny-le-Ribault has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The police record for Ligny-le-Ribault lists 16 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 13 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.1 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes here.
5.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary8
Criminal damage8
Armed robbery0
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.
5.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
48.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 48.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Bon-Hôtel and 6 more in and around Ligny-le-Ribault
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Ligny-le-Ribault. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ligny-le-Ribault
Is Ligny-le-Ribault safe?
Ligny-le-Ribault has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
Is Ligny-le-Ribault expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,933/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ligny-le-Ribault grades A− for cost of living.
About Ligny-le-Ribault
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Ligny-le-Ribault is a commune of 1,252 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes de Sologne. 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
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.
