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A town of 458 in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Saint-Chartier a good place to live?

Saint-Chartier is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Château et ses dépendances
Château et ses dépendances · Classé · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Chartier’s story

Saint-Chartier in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Chartier: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.

37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

René Marchais, born in 1877, is the one person born in Saint-Chartier before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1989First protected: Château et ses dépendances
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The data

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

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Saint-Chartier than in Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

For Saint-Chartier, that is below both Indre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 27% of the town.

51.7median age
Saint-ChartierIndre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education15%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Chartier
Saint-ChartierIndre medianFrance median
Under 1512%14%17%
15–249.9%9.7%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6434%28%26%
65+27%30%22%
No diploma22%25%19%
CAP or BEP34%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%16%18%
Higher education15%21%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Saint-Chartier: 37% were built before 1919, more than in Indre’s towns or compared French towns

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

Saint-Chartier sits above both Indre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Chartier: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Saint-Chartier is Château et ses dépendances.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

13th c.
oldest protected part
1989
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Saint-Chartier are out of work than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.9%

That puts Saint-Chartier below both Indre’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Chartier has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 4.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Chartier, 0.4 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,220
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
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-Chartier than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.35/m² a month

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

On this, Saint-Chartier is below both Indre’s towns (€8.76/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€7.35/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Chartier€7.35/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Indre median€8.76/m²
€7.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.73 to €9.42/m² a month)
€6.08/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Saint-Chartier and 4 more in and around Saint-Chartier

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Chartier. Best known first.

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

Everything we know about Saint-Chartier

12pages on Saint-Chartier

Landmarks

Saint-Chartier has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château et ses dépendances: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Saint-Chartier

2 notable people were born in Saint-Chartier.

Their page →

Saint-Chartier’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 →
La ChâtreArdentesLe PoinçonnetChâteaurouxLa ChâtreArdentesLe PoinçonnetChâteaurouxSaint-Chartier
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Chartier458—————
La Châtre4,0375.6A−ADA−
Ardentes3,7159.7A+AAB−
Le Poinçonnet5,85515AB+AB+
Châteauroux42,96317CB+DC

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

About Saint-Chartier

Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire

Saint-Chartier is a commune of 458 people in the Communauté de communes de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère. 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
458 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
10.8 sq mi (28 km²)
INSEE code
36184

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 October 30, 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.