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Châteauroux
Large city · 36000 · Centre-Val de Loire
👥 Population
42 963
2023 · INSEE
🏠 Median price /m²
1 433 €
📈 7% since 2015
💰 Gross yield
8.7 %
rent / purchase price
⚡ Avg. energy rating
D
🟠 12.6 % energy sieves (F-G) (F-G)
🎯 Investment score Good
Châteauroux — Score 71/100.
71
💰 Yield74
🌳 Quality of life86
📊 Dynamism100
💸 Affordability69
🛡️ Safety25
⚡ Energy rating69
🏠 Property prices
DVF · 305 Transactions · Châteauroux
🏢 Apt. /m²
1 433 €
🏡 House /m²
1 458 €
📋 Transactions
305
📈 Price per m² evolution (2020 — 2024)
📊 Annual transaction volume
📊 Nearby municipalities
| City | Apt. | House | Trans. | Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauroux | 1 433 € | 1 458 € | 671 | 42 963 |
| Issoudun | 1 642 € | 1 028 € | 178 | 11 159 |
| Déols | 1 448 € | 1 389 € | 95 | 7 600 |
| Le Blanc | 1 290 € | 894 € | 128 | 6 164 |
| Le Poinçonnet | — € | 1 798 € | 83 | 5 855 |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse | 2 762 € | 1 132 € | 116 | 4 786 |
💰 Rental yield
Calculated from DVF prices and observed rents
🏠 Average rent
10.33 €/m²
monthly
💰 Gross yield
8.7 %
⏳ Payback period
11.6 years
🏘️ Rental market & tension
INSEE Housing Stock 2021 · Pinel ABC zoning · Tense areas
🏠 Main residences
83.6 %
🏖️ Secondary homes
2.4 %
🚪 Vacant homes
14.0 %
🏢 Apartments
50.6 %
48.5 % houses
🎯 Pinel zoneⓘOfficial Pinel zoning. A Bis = very high tension (Paris, French Riviera), A = high tension (metropolises), B1 = moderate, B2 = low, C = relaxed market.
B2
Low tension
⚖️ Tense area (ALUR law)ⓘTense area under article 232 of the French Tax Code (CGI) / ALUR law. Enables rent control and applies the vacant housing tax.
No
Free rents
🏢 Social housing units
7 567
RPLS source
💶 Local taxation
REI · DGFIP · Exercice 2024
🏠 Property tax (built)ⓘMunicipal property tax rate on built properties (TFB). Applied to the cadastral rental value to calculate the owner's annual property tax.
45.720 %
Global rate 2024
🌾 Property tax (unbuilt)ⓘMunicipal property tax rate on unbuilt properties (TFNB): land, fields, forests.
110.460 %
🏘️ Housing tax
27.070 %
Secondary homes
🗑️ Waste collection taxⓘTEOM — Household Waste Collection Tax. Applied by the municipality or intermunicipality to finance waste collection and treatment.
8.750 %
🌾 Land tax (unbuilt) REI
72.83 %
🏢 CFE
24.56 %
👥 Demographics
API Geo + INSEE
🧑🤝🧑 Inhabitants
42 963
2023
📐 Area
25.56 km²
1681 inh/km²
💶 Median income
20 300 €
📊 Median age
44.5 yrs
34.0% under 30
💼 Activity rate
72.3 %
ages 15-64
📉 Unemployment rate
16.2 %
2021 census
🎯 Poverty rateⓘShare of population living below the poverty line (60% of national median income). Source FILOSOFI 2021, calculated only for municipalities ≥ 2,000 inhabitants.
23.0 %
60% FILOSOFI threshold
🏢 Local economy & dynamism
SIRENE · INSEE
🏢 Active businesses
8 226
SIRENE database 2026
✨ 2024 creations
679
+6.9% vs 2023
📊 2023 creations
635
💼 Economic density
191
Businesses / 1,000 pop.
🚉 Transport & accessibility
SNCF Open Data · INSEE Urban Areas 2020
🚆 Nearest train station
Châteauroux
À 1.09 km · Segment A
🏙️ Urban attraction areaⓘUrban Attraction Areas (INSEE 2020): municipal classification based on commuting relationships with urban hubs. Main hub / secondary / suburban crown / outside.
Châteauroux
Main hub
🏛️ IntercommunalityⓘEPCI — Public Establishment for Intermunicipal Cooperation. Community of communes, agglomeration, urban or metropolitan community grouping the municipality with its neighbors.
CA Châteauroux Métropole
EPCI
📍 Rail access
Excellent
Station distance
🎓 Education
National Education API
📚 Schools
5
🏫 Middle schools
7
🎓 High schools
4
🏆 Baccalaureate results
| High school | Type | Pass rate | Honors | V.A. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYCEE JEAN GIRAUDOUX | public | 98.0 % | — | +1.0 |
| LYCEE SAINTE SOLANGE | privé sous contrat | 98.0 % | — | +1.0 |
| LYCEE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE | public | 97.0 % | — | +0.0 |
| LYCEE BLAISE PASCAL (GENERAL ET TECHNO.) | public | 90.0 % | — | -1.0 |
🎯 Brevet exam (2021)ⓘBrevet (DNB) — French middle school exam. The rate shown is the average across public and private middle schools in the municipality, latest published session.
87.6 %
Average pass rate · 10 middle schools
📊 Niveau social des établissements
Indicateur Éducation nationale du milieu social des élèves (moyenne nationale ≈ 103). Plus élevé = plus favorisé.
🏫 Middle school IPS
| Middle school | Sector | IPS |
|---|---|---|
| COLLEGE PRIVE LEON XIII | privé sous contrat | 121.3 |
| COLLEGE JEAN MONNET | public | 103.5 |
| COLLEGE COLBERT | public | 100.9 |
| COLLEGE LA FAYETTE | public | 100.1 |
| COLLEGE LES CAPUCINS | public | 100.0 |
| COLLEGE BEAULIEU | public | 97.9 |
| COLLEGE ROSA PARKS | public | 67.1 |
🏥 Healthcare
BPE · FINESS
🏥 Hospitals
4
💊 Pharmacies
14
🔬 Laboratories
3
🏥 Établissements de santé
134
Source FINESS
👵 EHPAD
6
💊 Pharmacies
14
🏪 Amenities & services
BPE · INSEE
📋 Services_publics
667
📋 Commerce
274
📋 Enseignement
81
🏥 Sante
438
🚆 Transport
18
⚽ Sport
207
🎭 Culture
22
🏛️ Public services
Public Service Directory API · 14 services
| Category | Qty | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| 📋 service public | 9 | Point d'accueil numérique - Châteauroux (Préfecture), Centre de protection maternelle et infantile (PMI) - Châteauroux, Gendarmerie - Peloton motorisé - Châteauroux |
| 🏢 Collectivité locale | 2 | Bibliothèque départementale - Indre, Conseil départemental - Indre |
| 📋 Direction départementale interministérielle | 2 | Délégation départementale aux droits des femmes et à l'égalité (DDDFE) - Indre, Direction départementale des territoires (DDT) - Indre |
| 📋 Service déconcentré | 1 | Direction départementale de la police nationale (DDPN) - Indre |
🛡️ Safety
SSMSI · SSMSI · Ministry of the Interior
| Indicator | Incidents | Rate ‰ | Nat. average | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destructions et dégradations volontaires | 604 | 14.10 ‰ | 7.2 ‰ | +96 % vs moy. |
| Vols sans violence contre des personnes | 405 | 9.40 ‰ | 7.3 ‰ | +29 % vs moy. |
| Escroqueries et fraudes aux moyens de paiement | 287 | 6.70 ‰ | 6.3 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Usage de stupéfiants | 223 | 5.20 ‰ | 8.4 ‰ | -38 % vs moy. |
| Violences physiques hors cadre familial | 195 | 4.50 ‰ | 4.0 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Vols dans les véhicules | 175 | 4.10 ‰ | 5.2 ‰ | -21 % vs moy. |
| Violences physiques intrafamiliales | 164 | 3.80 ‰ | 4.2 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Usage de stupéfiants (AFD) | 148 | 3.40 ‰ | 7.5 ‰ | -55 % vs moy. |
| Violences sexuelles | 112 | 2.60 ‰ | 2.4 ‰ | Dans la moyenne |
| Cambriolages de logement | 103 | 3.90 ‰ | 7.5 ‰ | -48 % vs moy. |
| Vols d'accessoires sur véhicules | 78 | 1.80 ‰ | 3.7 ‰ | -51 % vs moy. |
| Vols de véhicule | 76 | 1.80 ‰ | 2.4 ‰ | -25 % vs moy. |
| Vols violents sans arme | 29 | 0.70 ‰ | 1.0 ‰ | -30 % vs moy. |
| Trafic de stupéfiants | 13 | 0.30 ‰ | 2.2 ‰ | -86 % vs moy. |
⚡ Energy performance
1 840 DPE · ADEME
📊 Energy rating distribution
A
9.1 %
9.1 %
B
0.9 %
C
21.0 %
21.0 %
D
30.1 %
30.1 %
E
26.4 %
26.4 %
F
10.3 %
10.3 %
G
2.3 %
12.6 % energy sieves (F-G) (F+G) — Nat. average : 17 %
💶 Energy rating impact on price per m²
🏛️ Historical heritage
Mérimée database · 19 protected monuments
| Building | Era |
|---|---|
| église | 12e siècle;15e siècle;16e siècle |
| hôtel | 17e siècle |
| immeuble | 2e moitié 19e siècle |
| château | 15e siècle |
| hôtel | 17e siècle;18e siècle |
| hôtel | 2e moitié 18e siècle |
| église | 4e quart 19e siècle |
| chapelle;château | 3e quart 19e siècle |
| porte de ville | 13e siècle;15e siècle |
| couvent | 1er quart 13e siècle |
⚠️ Natural and technological risks
Géorisques API · 7 risks identified
Radon
Tassements différentiels
Transport de marchandises dangereuses
Mouvement de terrain
Risque industriel
Inondation
Séisme
📡 Digital coverage
ARCEP
📶 Ultra-fast broadband
100.0 %
💧 Drinking water quality
API Hub'Eau · 21 366 analyses · SAUR
⚗️ Physicochemistry
✅ Compliant
📋 analyses
21 366
⚡ EV charging stations
IRVE
🔌 Stations
95
⚡ Charge points
423
🚀 Incl. fast charging
65
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📍 Nearby municipalities
Nearest geographically
| City | Distance | Score | Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Déols | 4.3 km | 57/100 | 7 600 |
| Le Poinçonnet | 6.0 km | 58/100 | 5 855 |
| Saint-Maur | 5.4 km | 63/100 | 3 537 |
| Coings | 9.1 km | 53/100 | 915 |
| Étrechet | 7.0 km | 60/100 | 998 |
| Montierchaume | 9.5 km | 50/100 | 1 624 |
| Arthon | 12.1 km | 58/100 | 1 215 |
| Vineuil | 12.3 km | 58/100 | 1 241 |
❓ Frequently asked questions about Châteauroux
What is the price per m² in Châteauroux? ▶
The median price per m² in Châteauroux is 1 433 €.
What is the rental yield in Châteauroux? ▶
The gross rental yield in Châteauroux is 8.7%.
Is Châteauroux a good real estate investment? ▶
Châteauroux has a ScorCity score of 71/100, making it an excellent choice.
What is the average energy rating in Châteauroux? ▶
The most common energy rating class in Châteauroux is D.
What are the natural risks in Châteauroux? ▶
7 risks are identified in Châteauroux: Radon, Tassements différentiels, Transport de marchandises dangereuses.