Centre-Val de Loire

Centre-Val de Loire has 2,581,597 residents in 6 départements and 1,756 communes. The median price per square metre ranges from €1,050/m² in Indre to €2,350/m² in Indre-et-Loire.

Region · 6 départements · 1,756 communes · Updated 24 October 2026

2,581,597residents2022 census

64%of households own their homemain home

72%housesof all homes

6%second homesof all homes

Centre-Val de Loire · 1,756 communes

0%30%+

Share of land within 500 m that is green space

Sources: IGN and Insee, IRIS boundaries and Admin Express 2024 (Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

All 6 départements.

Colour shows where each département sits among the others in the region.

Département	Residents	Communes	Price per m²	Living standard	Home owners	Aged 75+	Unemployment	Second homes
Cher (18)	299,496	286	€1,210/m²	–	68%	13%	12.0%	8%
Eure-et-Loir (28)	432,950	365	€1,900/m²	–	66%	10%	10.8%	6%
Indre (36)	216,809	241	€1,050/m²	–	69%	15%	11.2%	11%
Indre-et-Loire (37)	616,326	272	€2,350/m²	–	59%	11%	10.9%	5%
Loir-et-Cher (41)	328,953	267	€1,540/m²	–	69%	13%	10.3%	8%
Loiret (45)	687,063	325	€1,940/m²	–	62%	10%	11.3%	5%

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0)

People.

2,581,597 residents and 1,193,409 households at the 2022 census, next to the département figure.

17%

aged under 15

16%

aged 15–29

30%

aged 60 and over

39%

of households are people living alone

23%

of households are couples with children

of households are single-parent families

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Homes.

1,422,066 homes, 84% of them main residences, with 4.3 rooms on average.

72%

of homes are houses

64%

of households own their home

14%

of households rent social housing (HLM)

second homes

10%

empty homes

87%

of households have a car

When main homes were built

before 191916%

1919–19458%

1946–197019%

1971–199031%

1991–200514%

2006–201913%

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Income and work.

Work and qualifications at the 2022 census.

11.0%

unemployment among 15–64s (census definition)

28%

of over-15s who have left school hold a higher-education degree

managers and professionals among over-15s

32%

retired among over-15s

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Départements in the region.

Every département has its own page, with all of its communes.

Cher Eure-et-Loir Indre Indre-et-Loire Loir-et-Cher Loiret