Recorded crime is low: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With an A+ overall, Sainte-Feyre is better than almost every compared French town. Housing is within reach (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The catch is walkability (D): 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sainte-Feyre 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Feyre.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Sainte-Feyre than in 96% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 22 offenses in Sainte-Feyre in 2025. The commonest graded crime here was burglary (2025).
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary10
Family violence6
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Fraud11
Drug use10
Theft without violence9
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.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
14.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 14.1% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living A
The median home in Sainte-Feyre sells for €1,377/m², against €1,137/m² in Creuse’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
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). Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.62/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 78 homes were sold in Sainte-Feyre.
€1,377/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sainte-Feyre€1,377/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Creuse median€1,137/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,347/m²
77
€8.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.09 to €10.86/m² a month)
3.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.62/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,680
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Only 3.9% of commuters in Sainte-Feyre go to work without a car, fewer than in Creuse’s towns and compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 7.3%, below Creuse’s towns (15.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,490 a year. Sainte-Feyre holds 850 jobs; 1,050 of its residents are in work, so 0.8 jobs each.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
850
jobs based in Sainte-Feyre, 0.8 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 10% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
94.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Sainte-Feyre, 96.5% passed the bac, close to Creuse’s towns (96.5%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.1 mi away.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Deaths in Sainte-Feyre run below what its ages would predict: 76 per 100 expected, fewer than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Sainte-Feyre. In Creuse, women can expect to live 84.6 years and men 77.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 284 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 313: 9% below.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Sainte-Feyre · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Gueret
84.6 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Creuse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Sainte-Feyre has fewer young adults than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 7.2% are 15 to 24
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, about level with Creuse’s towns (32%) and above compared French towns (22%). Ages in Sainte-Feyre split evenly at 51.4: half are older, half younger. Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
51.4median age
Sainte-FeyreCreuse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
3 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Sainte-Feyre: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Oppidum du Puy de Gaudy. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sainte-Feyre
Is Sainte-Feyre safe?
It grades A+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sainte-Feyre good?
They grade A, better than 86% 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.
Is Sainte-Feyre expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sainte-Feyre grades A for cost of living.
About Sainte-Feyre
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sainte-Feyre is a commune of 2,566 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
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.
