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2,637 people call this town in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire home.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are modest for what you get (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot (C−): 50% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Branchs has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Branchs 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-Branchs has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Saint-Branchs does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Branchs as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye bénédictine, in Cormery, 4.3 mi away.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Branchs 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-Branchs.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Branchs is Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci, 8.2 mi away. 159 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 211: 25% below. Average lifespans in Indre-et-Loire: 86.1 years for women, 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Branchs can choose among 2 GPs.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Saint-Branchs holds 350 jobs; 1,250 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. 7.5% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 4.4% of working residents in the town at the census.
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.
The median sale price was €2,054/m², below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€2,465/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. 72 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Branchs from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.76/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,054/m² | 72 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share of residents under 15 is 18%. One in ten residents are 15 to 24, about level with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and below compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Saint-Branchs is 43.1.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Branchs | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Branchs. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Branchs yet.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Branchs is a commune of 2,637 people in the Communauté de communes Touraine Vallée de l'Indre. 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-Branchs | 2,637 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Sorigny | 2,938 | 3.4 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Esvres | 6,294 | 4.4 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Montbazon | 4,874 | 4.8 | A+ | C | A− | A+ |
| Veigné | 6,865 | 5 | A | C | A− | A− |
| Monts | 8,080 | 6.7 | A+ | B− | A− | A |
| Chambray-lès-Tours | 12,720 | 8.4 | B− | C− | D | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Branchs has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Branchs grades A− 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.