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Just 15% of residents are 65 or older. In Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, this town has 1,023 residents.
Farges-en-Septaine’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Homes go for a median €1,423/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Farges-en-Septaine 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.
Each subject compares Farges-en-Septaine 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.
Farges-en-Septaine has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Farges-en-Septaine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Farges-en-Septaine, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1942.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Farges-en-Septaine has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Farges-en-Septaine.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
38 houses and apartments changed hands in Farges-en-Septaine from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,423/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Cher can expect 84 years and a boy 78.4 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Farges-en-Septaine records 101 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 70 residents of Farges-en-Septaine died, against 69 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. The nearest emergency department to Farges-en-Septaine is Ch Bourges Jacques Coeur, 9.9 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.
Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Cher’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 30% of adults. The median resident of Farges-en-Septaine is 38.4 years old.
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Farges-en-Septaine | Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 27% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Farges-en-Septaine, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Half of residents lived on more than €26,900 a year per consumption unit, higher than Cher’s towns (€24,000) and near compared French towns (€25,970). 150 jobs are based in Farges-en-Septaine, for 550 working residents (0.3 per worker). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Farges-en-Septaine didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.2 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 11 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège George SandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 81 | 90%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Farges-en-Septaine. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Farges-en-Septaine yet.
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Farges-en-Septaine is a commune of 1,023 people in the Communauté de communes La Septaine. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farges-en-Septaine | 1,023 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Avord | 2,909 | 2.4 | A− | A | B+ | C− |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy | 4,779 | 7.8 | C | B+ | C− | B− |
| Bourges | 64,186 | 11 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Trouy | 4,055 | 13 | B | B | A | C |
| Saint-Doulchard | 9,647 | 13 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Dun-sur-Auron | 3,524 | 13 | A | A− | A− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Farges-en-Septaine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Farges-en-Septaine grades A for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.