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Saint-Jean-Saint-GermainIndre-et-Loire

Home to 745 people, this town lies in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain a good place to live?

Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste · Classé · Photo: Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0
Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain’s story

Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain in pictures

Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1908.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1908First protected: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
  • 1948Most recently protected: Château de Saint-Germain
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain hold a degree than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 17%

16% are under 15, about level with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are a quarter of the population. Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain has a median age of 49.7.

49.7median age
Saint-Jean-Saint-GermainIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain
Saint-Jean-Saint-GermainIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–249.7%10%11%
25–4417%22%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+25%24%22%
No diploma21%16%19%
CAP or BEP38%25%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education17%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain keeps more of its old housing than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1908
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 2.6%

Unemployment runs at 6.8%. The median disposable income was €24,660 a year per consumption unit, below both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€27,340) and compared French towns (€25,970). Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain holds 100 jobs; 300 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain, 0.4 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.15/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €6.90/m² a month. Sales in Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain from July 2023 to June 2026: 29 houses and apartments.

€8.15/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain€8.15/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€12.32/m²
€8.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.26 to €10.60/m² a month)
€6.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château and 5 more in and around Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain

Heritage in and near Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain

12pages on Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain

Landmarks

Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0

Famous people from Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain yet.

How we find them →

Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Indre-et-Loire →
LochesSaint-BranchsBléréSaint-Georges-sur-CherAthée-sur-CherLochesSaint-BranchsBléréSaint-Georges-sur-CherAthée-sur-CherSaint-Jean-Saint-Germain
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain745—————
Loches6,2343.8C+BDB
Saint-Branchs2,63716—A−—A−
Bléré5,35216CB−CB
Saint-Georges-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher2,71017—B+—A−
Athée-sur-Cher2,85517—B+—A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain

Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire

Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain is a commune of 745 people in the Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine. 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

Population
745 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine
Département
Indre-et-Loire (37)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
8.3 sq mi (21.5 km²)
INSEE code
37222

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.