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SaugyCher

A town of 77 in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Saugy a good place to live?

Saugy is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Saugy stand out

The one thing Saugy does most differently from other towns.

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Saugy’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saugy’s story

No historic monuments in Saugy

The Culture ministry lists no building in Saugy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel (du prieuré Saint-Michel), in Chârost, 1.8 mi away.

37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saugy.

Who lives here

Saugy has fewer young adults than Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24

Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older. 29% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Cher’s towns (20%). Ages in Saugy split evenly at 40.7: half are older, half younger.

40.7median age
SaugyCher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saugy
SaugyCher medianFrance median
Under 1523%15%17%
15–246.3%9.2%11%
25–4425%20%23%
45–6423%27%26%
65+23%29%22%
No diploma28%25%19%
CAP or BEP21%30%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education29%20%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

More people in Saugy are out of work than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.3%

9.1% 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.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot6%
Public transport3%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Saugy, 0.3 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saugy than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.65/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 1 homes in Saugy.

€7.65/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saugy€7.65/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cher median€9.78/m²
€7.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.11 to €9.59/m² a month)
€7.41/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saugy

12pages on Saugy

Landmarks

Nothing in Saugy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Saugy

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saugy yet.

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Saugy’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Cher →
IssoudunSaint-Florent-sur-CherLa Chapelle-Saint-UrsinTrouyMehun-sur-YèvreSaint-DoulchardIssoudunSaint-Florent-sur-CherLa Chapelle-Saint-UrsinTrouyMehun-sur-YèvreSaint-DoulchardSaugy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saugy77—————
Issoudun Indre11,1595.9C−A+D−C
Saint-Florent-sur-Cher6,4636.5C−BCD
La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin3,68112ABA+B−
Trouy4,05513BBAC
Mehun-sur-Yèvre6,38013CAC+D
Saint-Doulchard9,64715B+C+C+B+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saugy

Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Saugy is a commune of 77 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

Population
77 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes FerCher
Département
Cher (18)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
3.7 sq mi (9.7 km²)
INSEE code
18244

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.