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SaintignyEure-et-Loir

The town has 922 residents and lies in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Saintigny a good place to live?

There are no grades for Saintigny: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for 31% of homes.

What makes Saintigny stand out

The 2 things Saintigny does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-André de Frétigny
Église Saint-André de Frétigny · Classé · Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saintigny’s story

Saintigny in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saintigny: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.

39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1995First protected: Ancienne église paroissiale de Saint-Hilaire des Noyers, ac…
  • 2021Most recently protected: Église Saint-André de Frétigny
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saintigny.

Who lives here

Few people in Saintigny are 15 to 24: 7.8%, fewer than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns and compared French towns

20% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 13%, lower than both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 28% of residents.

51.5median age
SaintignyEure-et-Loir medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saintigny
SaintignyEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Under 1513%17%17%
15–247.8%10%11%
25–4418%22%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+28%23%22%
No diploma22%27%19%
CAP or BEP34%27%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education20%21%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Saintigny keeps more of its old housing than Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 39% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Saintigny is Église Saint-André de Frétigny. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1995
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Saintigny than in Eure-et-Loir’s towns or compared French towns: 4.2%

Saintigny has 100 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 2.0% of working residents in Saintigny went to work by public transport. 9.9% of the labour force are out of work.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Saintigny, 0.3 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
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

The median sale price of homes in Saintigny is €1,493/m²

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

Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.56/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.82/m² a month, near both Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€11.49/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Saintigny recorded 55 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€1,493/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saintigny€1,493/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Eure-et-Loir median€1,915/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,493/m²55
€11.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.58 to €14.59/m² a month)
€7.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saintigny

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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saintigny: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Ancienne église paroissiale de Saint-Hilaire des Noyers, actuelle chapelle Saint-Hilaire des Noyers: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-André de Frétigny: Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saintigny

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

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Saintigny’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 Eure-et-Loir →
La LoupeNogent-le-RotrouIlliers-CombrayBrouCourville-sur-EureSenonchesLa LoupeNogent-le-RotrouIlliers-CombrayBrouCourville-sur-EureSenonchesSaintigny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saintigny922—————
La Loupe3,1918.3B−A−DC−
Nogent-le-Rotrou9,2928.4C+A−C−C+
Illiers-Combray3,21012CBCC−
Brou3,23013B−A−CC+
Courville-sur-Eure2,79113A−B+A−D
Senonches3,04515BAB−D

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

About Saintigny

Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire

Saintigny is a commune of 922 people in the Communauté de communes Terres de Perche. 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
922 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terres de Perche
Département
Eure-et-Loir (28)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
17.5 sq mi (45.2 km²)
INSEE code
28331

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.