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It is a town of 2,247 residents in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Sainte-Marie’s strongest subject is health (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is its weak spot — 36% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,786/m², so 70 m² costs 5.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération. It lags on jobs & income as well (C+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 10.8% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sainte-Marie 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.
The 2 things Sainte-Marie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Marie 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.
Sainte-Marie has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Sainte-Marie has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Marie.
Half of residents lived on more than €25,420 a year per consumption unit, lower than Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (€27,550) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.8% of commuters got to work without a car. The jobless rate is 10.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.9%, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. Half the people of Sainte-Marie are older than 48.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Marie | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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, 234 residents of Sainte-Marie died, against 224 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Women in Ille-et-Vilaine live to 86 on average and men to 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Marie is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Redon Carentoir, 4.2 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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Sainte-Marie is Chapelle Saint-Jean-d'Apileur. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. 16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
73 sales of houses and apartments in Sainte-Marie, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,786/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,786/m² | 73 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in Sainte-Marie. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.3 cases of violence against people and 8.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 16 offenses were reported in Sainte-Marie during 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 36.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Sainte-Marie. Best known first.
Sainte-Marie has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Saint-Jean-d'Apileur: Photo: GO69 · CC0
One notable person was born in Sainte-Marie.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie | 2,247 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Bains-sur-Oust | 3,535 | 3.3 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Redon | 9,542 | 4.2 | C | C+ | D | B− |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon Loire-Atlantique | 3,311 | 4.4 | C | B− | C+ | D |
| La Gacilly Morbihan | 3,995 | 7.5 | A | B+ | A− | B− |
| Rieux Morbihan | 2,856 | 7.7 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Allaire Morbihan | 3,955 | 8.3 | A− | B | A | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Marie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,786/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sainte-Marie grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Sainte-Marie is a commune of 2,247 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Redon Agglomération. 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
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.