A town of contrasts. Pupils here do less well than most (D): bac results 1.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.6 points below the expected rate. Work and incomes lag: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 14.3% unemployment. Its best grade is for walkability — 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,891/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Troyes Champagne Métropole. The overall grade lands at C, #10 of 20 in Aube. Set against the rest, it does better than 30% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sainte-Savine 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Savine.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
On foot, Sainte-Savine works better than 95% of compared French towns
At the census, 23.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Aube’s towns (15.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 14.3%. After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,190 a year per consumption unit.
23%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving72%
On foot10%
Bicycle7%
Public transport6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
4,450
jobs based in Sainte-Savine, 1.1 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 95% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Schools around Sainte-Savine do less well than those of 86% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Sainte-Savine is 77.9%, close to Aube’s towns (78.5%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). The bac pro: 84% of 614 candidates passed at the 7 vocational lycées within 5 km. For exam results, it comes #9 of 18 in Aube.
94%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Sainte-Savine has more crime per resident than 70% of compared French towns
2025 saw 254 offenses recorded in Sainte-Savine. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 18.4. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
7.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage91
Other physical violence46
Burglary33
Theft from vehicles30
Family violence29
Sexual violence17
Vehicle theft8
Theft without violence74
Fraud54
Drug use27
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.
7.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
254
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Sainte-Savine has 3 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sainte-Savine has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Before 1919: that is when 6.9% of homes were built.
3historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé2
Inscrit1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1921
first monument protected
✓
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Sainte-Savine records 85 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 90 in Aube’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,155 deaths in Sainte-Savine from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,081, 6% fewer. Life expectancy in Aube: 84.2 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 5 GPs practise here.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Sainte-Savine · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Troyes
1.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Troyes
84.2 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aube, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer children live in Sainte-Savine than in Aube’s towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15
13% of the population is aged 15 to 24, above Aube’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Graduates make up 31% of adults. Half the people of Sainte-Savine are older than 46.
46median age
Sainte-SavineAube medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Sainte-Savine earns a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Sainte-Savine sell for €2,143/m² and apartments for €1,649/m². The estimated advertised rent is €10.61/m² a month, higher than Aube’s towns (€10.07/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,891/m², comes from 504 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,891/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sainte-Savine€1,891/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aube median€1,721/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,143/m²
242
Apartments
€1,649/m²
262
€10.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.32 to €13.53/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.32/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,810
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Troyes Champagne Métropole
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sainte-Savine
Is Sainte-Savine safe?
It grades C for safety, #11 of 20 in Aube. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 91 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sainte-Savine good?
They grade D, better than 15% of compared French towns and #9 of 18 in Aube. 95% of 207 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Édouard Herriot in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sainte-Savine expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,891/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sainte-Savine grades B− for cost of living.
About Sainte-Savine
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Sainte-Savine is a commune of 10,289 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
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.
