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A town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 1,445 people.
Housing is within reach (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.7% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Neuvy-sur-Loire 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 Neuvy-sur-Loire does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Neuvy-sur-Loire 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.
Neuvy-sur-Loire has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Neuvy-sur-Loire: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1982.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Neuvy-sur-Loire.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €937/m², below Nièvre’s towns (€1,116/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Neuvy-sur-Loire recorded 74 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €937/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Neuvy-sur-Loire can choose among 2 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Neuvy-sur-Loire is Ch Cosne Cours Sur Loire, 7.9 mi away. Also worth knowing: 179 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 155: 16% above. Women in Nièvre live to 84.1 on average and men to 76.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
18% of adults hold a degree, near Nièvre’s towns (19%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). Under 15: 16% of residents. Neuvy-sur-Loire has a median age of 46.6.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Neuvy-sur-Loire | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €24,830 a year per consumption unit, between Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.1% of commuters travelled at the census.
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.
Among the classé monuments in Neuvy-sur-Loire is Etablissement rural gallo-romain. Protection here reaches back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Neuvy-sur-Loire has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Neuvy-sur-Loire as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuvy-sur-Loire | 1,445 | — | — | A+ | — | D |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire Loiret | 3,065 | 7.6 | A− | A− | B+ | B− |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire | 9,733 | 8.7 | B | A | D | C+ |
| Briare Loiret | 4,911 | 10 | C | A− | C | B− |
| Gien Loiret | 13,459 | 16 | C− | B+ | C− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Neuvy-sur-Loire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 11 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 Neuvy-sur-Loire grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Neuvy-sur-Loire is a commune of 1,445 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur 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 November 9, 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.