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A town in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, home to 3,537 people.
Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Saint-Maur ranks #6 of 11 in Indre, with a B overall. It comes out better than 64% of compared French towns. Its strongest is jobs & income (A) — 2.1 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €1,447/m² costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Châteauroux Métropole. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B for schools.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Saint-Maur does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Maur 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.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Maur; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 2009.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Maur. Best known first.
Art galleryMusée Bertrand3.9 km east, in Châteauroux
MuseumHôtel du maréchal Bertrand3.9 km east, in ChâteaurouxGardenGardenArboretum de la Grande Liennein townChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Liennein townAttractionAttractionLes Prairies de l'Indre à Saint-Maurin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Maur.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Saint-Maur. At birth, a girl in Indre can expect 84 years and a boy 76.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 757 residents of Saint-Maur died, against 448 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 69% more.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,447/m², comes from 74 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Maur from July 2023 to June 2026. Only one of the 13 towns in Indre costs more to buy into than Saint-Maur, whose median sale is €1,447/m². Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,450/m² | 73 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Indre’s towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.9% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 27% of residents are 65 or older. 13% are under 15, close to Indre’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 25% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Maur | Indre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when nearly one in ten homes were built. The oldest protected building goes back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #5 of 12 in Indre. For collège, the closest is 1.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BeaulieuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 77%−7 pts |
| Lycée Jean GiraudouxNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 240 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège les CapucinsBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 82 | 95%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 16.4. Saint-Maur has 2,950 jobs for 1,400 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. 79 offenses were reported in Saint-Maur during 2025. Also worth knowing: in 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
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 family violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 7.6% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Maur has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Maur as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-Maur | 3,537 | — | B | A− | B− | D |
| Châteauroux | 42,963 | 2.6 | C | B+ | D | C |
| Déols | 7,600 | 3.2 | C | A− | C | D |
| Le Poinçonnet | 5,855 | 4.3 | A | B+ | A | B+ |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre | 2,583 | 5.7 | — | A | — | C− |
| Ardentes | 3,715 | 9.6 | A+ | A | A | B− |
| Buzançais | 4,356 | 12 | B | A+ | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #5 of 11 in Indre. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #5 of 12 in Indre. 98% of 240 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Giraudoux in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,447/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Maur grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Maur is a commune of 3,537 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Châteauroux Métropole. 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 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.