Savonnières’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,674/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Tours Métropole Val de Loire. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): a quarter 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Savonnières has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Savonnières 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Savonnières.
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Savonnières run below what its ages would predict: 66 per 100 expected, fewer than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
5 GPs practise in Savonnières. In Indre-et-Loire, women can expect to live 86.1 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 164 residents of Savonnières died, against 247 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% fewer.
−34%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw66
Adjusted66
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Savonnières · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci
5.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Regional Universitaire Bretonneau
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Savonnières is better off than Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €31,020 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 6.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 5.5%. Jobs located in Savonnières: 400, for 1,600 residents in work (0.2 each).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
400
jobs based in Savonnières, 0.2 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 20% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Savonnières: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Savonnières is Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Savonnières is a graduates’ town: 46% hold a degree, more than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 21% of the town. 9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%.
44.4median age
SavonnièresIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education46%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Savonnières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.2 violent offenses and 6.9 graded property crimes a year. The police record for Savonnières lists 26 offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was burglary (2025).
2.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary17
Criminal damage9
Armed robbery0
Fraud31
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.
2.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
34.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 34.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Savonnières
Is Savonnières safe?
Savonnières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Savonnières good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #22 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Savonnières expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,674/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Savonnières grades C+ for cost of living.
About Savonnières
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Savonnières is a commune of 3,392 people in the Tours Métropole Val de Loire. 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
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.
