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Some 6,463 people live in this town, in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Where it falls short is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Saint-Florent-sur-Cher’s overall grade, C−, puts it better than 19% of compared French towns. Schools are weaker too — brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. It is easy to get around without a car: just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,224/m² costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes FerCher.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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.
The 2 things Saint-Florent-sur-Cher does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 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.
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Saint-Florent-sur-Cher has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1936.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Cher live to 84 on average and men to 78.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 970 residents of Saint-Florent-sur-Cher died, against 815 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Florent-sur-Cher is Ch Bourges Jacques Coeur, 10.7 mi away. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #11 of 14 in Cher.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VoltaireNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 173 | 84%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €23,860 a year per consumption unit, close to Cher’s towns (€24,000) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 4.9% of Saint-Florent-sur-Cher’s working residents to work at the census. Also worth knowing: 10.3% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 20% of adults. 15% are under 15, about level with Cher’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher is 49.5.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher | Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
The 2025 count: 171 offenses in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7 cases of violence against people and 18.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
229 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,224/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.92/m² a month, higher than Cher’s towns (€9.78/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.14/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,283/m² | 203 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher is Ancienne usine métallurgique des Lavoirs. The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century. 7.4% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than Cher’s towns (10%) and near compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The list names few of Saint-Florent-sur-Cher’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Florent-sur-Cher as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-Florent-sur-Cher | 6,463 | — | C− | B | C | D |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin | 3,681 | 6 | A | B | A+ | B− |
| Trouy | 4,055 | 6.2 | B | B | A | C |
| Saint-Doulchard | 9,647 | 9.4 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Bourges | 64,186 | 9.5 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre | 6,380 | 10 | C | A | C+ | D |
| Issoudun Indre | 11,159 | 12 | C− | A+ | D− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #10 of 14 in Cher. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 38 burglaries and 56 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns and #11 of 14 in Cher. 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 €1,224/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Florent-sur-Cher grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Florent-sur-Cher is a commune of 6,463 people in the Communauté de communes FerCher. 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 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.