Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,801 residents, it is a town in Aube, Grand Est.
People here tend to be in good health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is another plus: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment. Schools lag: bac results 3.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.1 points below the expected rate. At €2,018/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Troyes Champagne Métropole.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sainte-Maure 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 one thing Sainte-Maure does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Maure 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.
Sainte-Maure has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Sainte-Maure: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1931.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Sainte-Maure. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Troyes4.8 km south, in Troyes
Art galleryMusée d'Art moderne de Troyes4.9 km south, in Troyes
Art galleryMusée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Troyes4.7 km south, in Troyes
MuseumAbbaye Saint-Loup de Troyes4.8 km south, in Troyes
MuseumCité du Vitrail5 km south, in TroyesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Maure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
85.2% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Sainte-Maure, below Aube’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The bac pro: 79% of 242 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège EurekaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 80%−4 pts |
| Lycée Polyvalent Marie de ChampagneNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 390 | 89%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Léonie Aviat PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 36 | 92%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
2.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Aube’s towns (15.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €28,250 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Sainte-Maure didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 136 deaths in Sainte-Maure from 2016 to 2025; there were 99, 27% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Aube is 84.2 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Maure is Centre hospitalier de Troyes, 4.4 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 11%. Among the classé monuments in Sainte-Maure is Église Sainte-Maure. The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.66/m² a month, about level with Aube’s towns (€10.07/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €2,018/m²: 42 houses and apartments sold in Sainte-Maure between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.39/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,025/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 18% of the population here. 30% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Aube’s towns (23%). People 65 and over make up 22% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Maure | Aube median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 3.1. 2025 saw 10 offenses recorded in Sainte-Maure. The commonest graded crime here was family violence (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 39.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Sainte-Maure: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Château de Vermoise: Photo: Hg marigny · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Sainte-Maure: Photo: Charles Fichot · Public domain
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Maure yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Maure | 1,801 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie | 5,249 | 2.3 | C− | C+ | C+ | B− |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc | 12,648 | 2.3 | C− | B+ | C+ | D |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes | 3,261 | 2.9 | B | B− | A | B+ |
| Saint-Lyé | 2,956 | 3.2 | A+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Troyes | 62,088 | 3.2 | D | B− | D | C |
| Sainte-Savine | 10,289 | 3.4 | C | B− | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Maure has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. 89% of 390 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Polyvalent Marie de Champagne in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,018/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sainte-Maure grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Sainte-Maure is a commune of 1,801 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Troyes Champagne Métropole. 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 October 30, 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.
