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With 2,022 residents, it is a town in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 43% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy does well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,333/m² takes 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Vitré Communauté. Getting around depends on the car (C+): 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Didier 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-Didier 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-Didier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Saint-Didier does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Didier, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1971.
Saint-Didier has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Manoir de la Roche: Photo: E. Mary-Rousselière · Public domain
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Didier.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%. Just over one in ten residents are 65 or over, lower than both Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 33% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Didier | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 54 residents of Saint-Didier died, against 95 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 43% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Didier is Centre hospitalier Vitre, 6.9 mi away. Women in Ille-et-Vilaine live to 86 on average and men to 80.9 (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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.5 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 7.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre Olivier MalherbeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 91%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
43 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Didier, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,333/m². House rents are put at about €11.25/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,333/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.6% of commuters travelled at the census. The median disposable income was €28,160 a year per consumption unit, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 17th century. 9.8% of homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Saint-Didier. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Didier yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Saint-Didier is a commune of 2,022 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vitré Communauté. 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-Didier | 2,022 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| Châteaubourg | 7,533 | 1.7 | A | C | A− | A− |
| Servon-sur-Vilaine | 4,152 | 4.5 | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Piré-Chancé | 3,224 | 6.2 | — | B | — | A− |
| Val-d'Izé | 2,620 | 6.5 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Châteaugiron | 10,845 | 6.6 | A+ | C+ | A− | A− |
| La Bouëxière | 4,667 | 6.7 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Didier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,333/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Didier 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 9, 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.