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A town in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, home to 1,581 people.
Jobs & income is its strong suit — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 4.7% unemployment. Walkability is its weak spot (D). At €1,502/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Éloy-de-Gy 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 Saint-Éloy-de-Gy 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.
Saint-Éloy-de-Gy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Saint-Éloy-de-Gy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Éloy-de-Gy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit La Pierre à la Femme, in Saint-Georges-sur-Moulon, 2.4 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Éloy-de-Gy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Éloy-de-Gy.
Households’ median disposable income: €28,880 a year per consumption unit. 2.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Cher’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. At the census, 4.4% of working residents in Saint-Éloy-de-Gy 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.
Adjusted mortality in Saint-Éloy-de-Gy: 98 deaths for every 100 expected. 125 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 128: 2% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Éloy-de-Gy is Ch Bourges Jacques Coeur, 7.4 mi away. Life expectancy in Cher: 84 years for women and 78.4 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.46/m² a month, higher than Cher’s towns (€9.78/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.84/m² a month. 41 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Éloy-de-Gy from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,502/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
38% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Cher’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Éloy-de-Gy | Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.6% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Éloy-de-Gy show 9 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.7. The graded crime recorded most here was burglary (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 · When family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (47.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Éloy-de-Gy yet.
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Éloy-de-Gy is a commune of 1,581 people in the Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Éloy-de-Gy | 1,581 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny | 2,546 | 3.5 | — | A | — | D |
| Saint-Doulchard | 9,647 | 4.8 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre | 6,380 | 6.1 | C | A | C+ | D |
| Bourges | 64,186 | 6.7 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin | 3,681 | 7.5 | A | B | A+ | B− |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy | 4,779 | 8.2 | C | B+ | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Éloy-de-Gy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Éloy-de-Gy grades B+ 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.