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MontbouyLoiret

It is a town of 725 residents in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Montbouy a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Montbouy out for now. 16% of homes here are second homes. The median sale price is €1,174/m².

What makes Montbouy stand out

The 2 things Montbouy does most differently from other towns.

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Amphithéâtre de Chenevières
Amphithéâtre de Chenevières · Classé · Photo: Basicdesign · CC BY-SA 3.0
Montbouy’s story

Montbouy in pictures

Montbouy has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1862.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1862First protected: Amphithéâtre de Chenevières
  • 1992Most recently protected: Sanctuaire des eaux gallo-romains du Déversoir
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montbouy.

History

Old homes shape Montbouy: 27% were built before 1919, more than in both Loiret’s towns and compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Montbouy is Amphithéâtre de Chenevières. This Loiret town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1
Antiquity
oldest protected part
1862
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Montbouy has fewer young adults than Loiret’s towns or compared French towns: 7.8% are 15 to 24

25% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 22% of adults, below both Loiret’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Under 15: 17% of residents.

48.1median age
MontbouyLoiret medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Montbouy
MontbouyLoiret medianFrance median
Under 1517%18%17%
15–247.8%10%11%
25–4422%23%23%
45–6428%25%26%
65+25%23%22%
No diploma22%21%19%
CAP or BEP34%26%26%
Baccalauréat16%17%18%
Higher education22%30%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 4.7% of commuters in Montbouy go to work without a car, fewer than in both Loiret’s towns and compared French towns

Per resident in work, Montbouy counts 0.2 jobs (100 jobs, 300 workers). At the census, 2.8% of working residents in Montbouy went to work by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €26,210 a year per consumption unit, close to both Loiret’s towns (€25,190) and compared French towns (€25,970).

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Montbouy, 0.2 per working resident
10.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest collège is 2.9 mi off. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 10.6 mi away.

85.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Montbouy85.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Henri BecquerelNearest collègeCollègeCollège10385%+5 pts
85.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +5 pts against the expected rate
2.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Montbouy than in Loiret’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.27/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Of the homes sold, 98% were houses. The market in Montbouy: 40 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€1,174/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Montbouy€1,174/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loiret median€1,877/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,193/m²39
€9.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.38 to €11.65/m² a month)
€8.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Chenevières and 3 more in and around Montbouy

Heritage and museums in and near Montbouy. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Montbouy

14pages on Montbouy

Landmarks

Montbouy has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Sanctuaire des eaux gallo-romains du Déversoir: Photo: Basicdesign · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame et Saint-Blaise: Photo: Alvaro · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Montbouy

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montbouy yet.

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Montbouy’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Nogent-sur-VernissonAmillyMontargisVillemandeurChâlette-sur-LoingPannesNogent-sur-VernissonAmillyMontargisVillemandeurChâlette-sur-LoingPannesMontbouy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Montbouy725—————
Nogent-sur-Vernisson2,5594.7A−A−A−C+
Amilly13,5828.5C−C+CC
Montargis14,82510DB−D−C−
Villemandeur7,07810CCC+B
Châlette-sur-Loing12,67712C−C+CC+
Pannes3,74012A−BA+A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Montbouy

Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire

Montbouy is a commune of 725 people in the Communauté de communes Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais. 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

Population
725 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais
Département
Loiret (45)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
10.3 sq mi (26.8 km²)
INSEE code
45210

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.