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1,370 residents make their home in this town in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Ménestreau-en-Villette’s weakest is walkability: 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,123/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Portes de Sologne. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for health and C+ for jobs & income. Second homes make up just over a tenth of its housing.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Ménestreau-en-Villette 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 Ménestreau-en-Villette 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.
Ménestreau-en-Villette has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Ménestreau-en-Villette does most differently from other towns.
Ménestreau-en-Villette has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2015.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ménestreau-en-Villette has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Wouterhagens · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ménestreau-en-Villette.
At the census, 4.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Loiret’s towns (13.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs located in Ménestreau-en-Villette: 150, for 600 residents in work (0.2 each). Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Ménestreau-en-Villette has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
109 deaths in Ménestreau-en-Villette between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 119: 9% below. The nearest emergency department to Ménestreau-en-Villette is Chru D Orleans Hopital de la Source, 10.3 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
16% are under 15, below Loiret’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Among adults, 34% have a degree. Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Ménestreau-en-Villette | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 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.
49 sales of houses and apartments in Ménestreau-en-Villette, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,123/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,123/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Gardens, other places to visit and heritage in and near Ménestreau-en-Villette. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ménestreau-en-Villette yet.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Ménestreau-en-Villette is a commune of 1,370 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménestreau-en-Villette | 1,370 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| La Ferté-Saint-Aubin | 7,284 | 3.9 | A | B | B+ | B− |
| Lamotte-Beuvron Loir-et-Cher | 4,504 | 7.2 | B+ | B+ | B− | A− |
| Saint-Cyr-en-Val | 3,467 | 9.4 | A | C | A | A |
| Sandillon | 4,300 | 9.8 | — | C | — | B |
| Jargeau | 4,610 | 12 | C | B− | A− | D− |
| Olivet | 23,507 | 12 | A | C− | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ménestreau-en-Villette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,123/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ménestreau-en-Villette grades B− for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.