Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,503 people, lies in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Varennes-Changy’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment. Homes go for a median €1,450/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Varennes-Changy 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.
The 2 things Varennes-Changy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Varennes-Changy 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.
Varennes-Changy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Varennes-Changy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église Saint-Martin, in Cortrat, 5.5 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Varennes-Changy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Varennes-Changy. Life expectancy at birth in Loiret is 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 164 residents of Varennes-Changy died, against 153 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. The nearest emergency department to Varennes-Changy is Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise, 10.6 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Varennes-Changy from July 2023 to June 2026: 60 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,450/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Public transport took 3.2% of Varennes-Changy’s working residents to work at the census. The median disposable income is €25,500 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, lower than both Loiret’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Typical age in Varennes-Changy: 47, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Varennes-Changy | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Varennes-Changy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Varennes-Changy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varennes-Changy | 1,503 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson | 2,559 | 4.2 | A− | A− | A− | C+ |
| Lorris | 2,996 | 6.8 | B+ | A− | B+ | D |
| Villemandeur | 7,078 | 8.8 | C | C | C+ | B |
| Amilly | 13,582 | 9.5 | C− | C+ | C | C |
| Montargis | 14,825 | 9.8 | D | B− | D− | C− |
| Pannes | 3,740 | 10 | A− | B | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Varennes-Changy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Varennes-Changy grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Varennes-Changy is a commune of 1,503 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
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.