Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,195 residents and lies in Eure, Normandy.
Saint-Germain-sur-Avre’s lowest grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,905/m² takes 5.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Evreux Portes de Normandie. It lags on schools as well — brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Germain-sur-Avre 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 Saint-Germain-sur-Avre 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-Germain-sur-Avre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Saint-Germain-sur-Avre does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Germain-sur-Avre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Rémy, in Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre, 1.1 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Germain-sur-Avre 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 Saint-Germain-sur-Avre.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 85 residents of Saint-Germain-sur-Avre died, against 68 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. In Eure, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 78.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Germain-sur-Avre is Ch Dreux, 6.2 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
81.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Germain-sur-Avre, below both Eure’s towns (84.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 5.1 mi away. A collège lies 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Claude DauphinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 145 | 81%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €27,980 a year per consumption unit, above Eure’s towns (€24,410) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 100 jobs are based in Saint-Germain-sur-Avre, for 550 working residents (0.1 per worker). 3.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, below Eure’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Saint-Germain-sur-Avre has a median age of 43.2 years.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Germain-sur-Avre | Eure median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Eure median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,905/m²: 42 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Germain-sur-Avre between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,905/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Germain-sur-Avre yet.
Commune in Eure, Normandy
Saint-Germain-sur-Avre is a commune of 1,195 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Evreux Portes de Normandie. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-sur-Avre | 1,195 | — | — | B− | — | D− |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre Eure-et-Loir | 4,058 | 1.3 | C− | B− | B+ | C− |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets Eure-et-Loir | 4,116 | 3.1 | C− | B | B+ | D |
| Vernouillet Eure-et-Loir | 12,310 | 4.9 | D | C+ | C | C+ |
| Dreux Eure-et-Loir | 31,543 | 5.4 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure | 3,829 | 9.5 | B | B− | B+ | C− |
| Ézy-sur-Eure | 3,644 | 9.6 | C− | C | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Germain-sur-Avre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,905/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Germain-sur-Avre 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.