Blois

France47 219 hab.
Indice coût de vie
~522
/mois · budget standard

Cost of living in Blois — 2026

Blois has 47,219 residents and lies in Loir-et-Cher. For a reference home of 45 m², rent works out to about €522 per month in 2026. Asking rent stands at 11.59 €/m², a 24% gap separating smaller units (12.64 €/m²) from homes of three rooms or more (10.16 €/m²). Renting a house costs 9.42 €/m². To buy, expect 1,986 €/m² — the equivalent of 14 years of rent. Median income is 21,640 €/year, meaning reference rent absorbs about 29% of monthly income. The property tax rate on built land is 57.7%. Diesel averages 2.22 €/L. Medical density reaches 63.4 general practitioners per 100,000 residents. There are 3.8 places to eat and drink per 1,000 residents within a 5 km radius.

Cost of living in Blois

Rent
Apartment
11.59 /m²
Apartment, 1-2 rooms
12.64 /m²
Apartment, 3+ rooms
10.16 /m²
House
9.42 /m²
Buy
Apartment
1,986 /m²
House
1,842 /m²
Income
Median income per consumption unit
21,640 /year
Local taxes
Property tax (built)
57.7 %
Property tax (unbuilt)
93.14 %
Waste collection tax
11.35 %
Fuel
Gazole
2.22 /L
SP95-E10
2.03 /L
SP95
2.08 /L
SP98
2.11 /L
E85
0.88 /L
GPL
1.06 /L

Quality of life — Blois

CrimeRecorded offences per 1,000 residents — SSMSI/data.gouv.fr
2,4 ‰
General practitionersLocal density — data.ameli.fr
63,4 / 100 000 hab.
Poverty rateShare of the population below the poverty line — INSEE-Mélodi/Filosofi
28 %

Amenities within reach

Per 1,000 residents, within a 5 km radius — OpenStreetMap count

3,8Restaurants, cafés, bars
0,4Culture
8,4Sport
31,2Parks and gardens
1,7Food shops

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