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A town in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, home to 1,088 people.
Savigny-en-Sancerre’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on jobs & income (C+) — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Savigny-en-Sancerre 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.
The 2 things Savigny-en-Sancerre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Savigny-en-Sancerre 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.
Savigny-en-Sancerre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Savigny-en-Sancerre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Villattes, in Léré, 2.7 mi away.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Savigny-en-Sancerre.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.42/m² a month, near Cher’s towns (€9.78/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €6.78/m² a month. Sales in Savigny-en-Sancerre from July 2023 to June 2026: 52 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,162/m² | 52 |
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Savigny-en-Sancerre have one GP on hand. At birth, a girl in Cher can expect 84 years and a boy 78.4 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 116 residents of Savigny-en-Sancerre died, against 123 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer.
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 C+ to A.
At the census, 6.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Cher’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,700 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, between Cher’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 24% of adults. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.5%.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Savigny-en-Sancerre | Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Savigny-en-Sancerre is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Savigny-en-Sancerre yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savigny-en-Sancerre | 1,088 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire Nièvre | 9,733 | 6.4 | B | A | D | C+ |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire Loiret | 3,065 | 10 | A− | A− | B+ | B− |
| Briare Loiret | 4,911 | 14 | C | A− | C | B− |
| Aubigny-sur-Nère | 5,451 | 18 | B+ | A | B− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Savigny-en-Sancerre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Savigny-en-Sancerre grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Savigny-en-Sancerre is a commune of 1,088 people in the Communauté de communes Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. 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.