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A town of 601 in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Saint-Plantaire a good place to live?

Saint-Plantaire is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for just over two in five homes. Homes sell for a median €807/m². People aged 65 and over make up 37% of residents.

What makes Saint-Plantaire stand out

The 3 things Saint-Plantaire does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Dolmen dit La Pierre-à-la-Marte
Dolmen dit La Pierre-à-la-Marte · Classé · Photo: Séraphin-Médéric Mieusement · Public domain
Saint-Plantaire’s story

Saint-Plantaire in pictures

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

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1862.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1862First protected: Dolmen dit La Pierre-à-la-Marte
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The data

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

Who lives here

Saint-Plantaire has fewer young adults than Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7% are 15 to 24

10% are under 15, below both Indre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 26% have a degree. The age that splits Saint-Plantaire in two is 59.4.

59.4median age
Saint-PlantaireIndre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Plantaire
Saint-PlantaireIndre medianFrance median
Under 1510%14%17%
15–246.7%9.7%11%
25–4414%19%23%
45–6431%28%26%
65+37%30%22%
No diploma20%25%19%
CAP or BEP30%30%26%
Baccalauréat17%16%18%
Higher education26%21%30%

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

History

Saint-Plantaire keeps more of its old housing than Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 41% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Plantaire is Dolmen dit La Pierre-à-la-Marte. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1862
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Saint-Plantaire has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.6 for each

The median disposable income was €22,450 a year per consumption unit, near Indre’s towns (€23,370) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Saint-Plantaire went to work by public transport. Also worth knowing: the unemployment rate comes to 10.7%.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving75%
On foot8%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Saint-Plantaire, 0.6 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
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-Plantaire than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.81/m² a month

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

Saint-Plantaire recorded 42 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€807/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saint-Plantaire€807/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre median€1,176/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€807/m²42
€7.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.31 to €9.66/m² a month)
€6.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Lavoir and 3 more in and around Saint-Plantaire

Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Saint-Plantaire. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Plantaire

13pages on Saint-Plantaire

Landmarks

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

All monuments →
Photo credits

Dolmen dit La Pierre-à-la-Marte: Photo: Séraphin-Médéric Mieusement · Public domain

Famous people from Saint-Plantaire

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

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Saint-Plantaire’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 →
Argenton-sur-CreuseLa SouterraineArgenton-sur-CreuseLa SouterraineSaint-Plantaire
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Plantaire601—————
Argenton-sur-Creuse4,78612C+ADD
La Souterraine Creuse4,97816C+AC−B−

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

About Saint-Plantaire

Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire

Saint-Plantaire is a commune of 601 people in the Communauté de communes de la Marche Berrichonne. 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
601 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Marche Berrichonne
Département
Indre (36)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
13.3 sq mi (34.3 km²)
INSEE code
36207

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.