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It is a town of 1,046 residents in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire.
Sainville’s strongest subject is jobs & income — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 6.5% unemployment. It is strong on walkability as well (B+) — just over nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,982/m² costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Beauce. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sainville 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.
Each subject compares Sainville 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.
Sainville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Sainville does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Garancières-en-Beauce, 2.3 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sainville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainville.
Degrees are held by 28% of adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% of the town, below Eure-et-Loir’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. 16% of residents are 65 or over.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Sainville | Eure-et-Loir median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure-et-Loir median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Sainville records 95 deaths per 100 expected. 63 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 67: 5% below. The nearest emergency department to Sainville is Centre hospitalier Sud Essonne Dourdan Etampes site Dourdan, 9.9 mi away. There is one general practitioner locally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Households’ median disposable income: €28,700 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took 3.8% of Sainville’s working residents to work at the census. Also worth knowing: at the census, 4.9% of working residents in Sainville didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Behind the median of €1,982/m²: 34 houses and apartments sold in Sainville between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €10.59/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.40/m² a month, about level with Eure-et-Loir’s towns (€11.49/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,982/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Sainville.
Commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Sainville is a commune of 1,046 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Beauce. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainville | 1,046 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien | 6,419 | 6.8 | C+ | B− | B− | C+ |
| Ablis Yvelines | 3,913 | 7.3 | A+ | B− | A | A+ |
| Angerville Essonne | 4,428 | 9.1 | C− | C | B− | C− |
| Dourdan Essonne | 11,415 | 9.9 | C | C− | C | B− |
| Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines Yvelines | 5,875 | 11 | A− | C | A− | A− |
| Gallardon | 3,530 | 12 | A | B | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,982/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sainville grades B− for cost of living.
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.