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The town has 1,087 residents and lies in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car (D−): 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes go for a median €1,188/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Fiel 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 one thing Saint-Fiel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Fiel 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-Fiel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Saint-Fiel has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1978.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Fiel.
2.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Creuse’s towns (21.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Saint-Fiel holds 200 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. Households’ median disposable income: €26,570 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.77/m² a month, close to Creuse’s towns (€8.82/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 33 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Fiel from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.01/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,188/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Fiel, 97.0% passed the bac, near Creuse’s towns (96.5%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Martin NadaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 96%+7 pts |
| Lycée Pierre BourdanNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 195 | 97%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Fiel’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, above both Creuse’s towns (97) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 63 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 64, 1% more. Life expectancy at birth in Creuse is 84.6 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.
Degrees are held by 31% of adults, above Creuse’s towns (24%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 18% of the population. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Fiel | Creuse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.5% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 13th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 10% of the total, below Creuse’s towns (11%) but above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Museums in and near Saint-Fiel. Best known first.
The list names few of Saint-Fiel’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Fidèle: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Fiel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Fiel | 1,087 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Guéret | 12,955 | 2.7 | B− | A | D | D |
| Sainte-Feyre | 2,566 | 3.7 | A+ | A | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Fiel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. 97% of 195 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Pierre Bourdan in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Fiel grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Fiel is a commune of 1,087 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret. 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.