Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The trade-off is schools: bac results 5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. Safety lags: an average of 12.8 recorded violent incidents and 19.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #14 of 22 in Loir-et-Cher. Nationally, it does better than 56% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Aignan 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.
Église Saint-Aignan (ancienne collégiale): Photo: Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison Patin: Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison (ancien Hôtel de la Prévôté): Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Aignan.
History
Saint-Aignan is rich in protected monuments: 43 per 10,000 residents, more than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns
12historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Aignan is Église Saint-Aignan (ancienne collégiale). This Loir-et-Cher town has 12 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 10 inscrit, the second level. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 7 of 12.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Older residents shape Saint-Aignan: 40% are 65 or over, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
56.5median age
The under-15s are a tenth of the population here. 18% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). Half of Saint-Aignan is older than 56.5, half younger.
Saint-AignanLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Saint-Aignan costs less than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.37/m² a month
€1,358/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,358/m², lower than both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€1,606/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. 101 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Aignan from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Aignan€1,358/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€1,606/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,358/m²
99
€8.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.45 to €10.88/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.47/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,720
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Val-de-Cher-Controis
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than expected: Saint-Aignan is below 90% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 765 residents of Saint-Aignan died, against 734 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Its two care homes for older people (282 places) count their residents as Saint-Aignan’s; allowing for them, deaths were 30% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Aignan is Ch Romorantin Lanthenay, 18.5 mi away. In Loir-et-Cher, women can expect to live 85.2 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Aignan · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
18.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Romorantin Lanthenay
18.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Romorantin Lanthenay
85.2 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loir-et-Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Aignan sees more crime per resident than 86% of compared French towns
12.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
All told, Saint-Aignan had 111 recorded offenses in 2025. The town comes 20th of the 22 compared towns in Loir-et-Cher on the Safety Grade. With 2,150 jobs for 950 working residents, Saint-Aignan draws people in from neighbouring communes. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage27
Vehicle theft23
Theft from vehicles20
Sexual violence16
Family violence10
Burglary10
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence23
Fraud19
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.
12.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
111
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.5%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Unemployment in Saint-Aignan, 13.9%, runs above Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
19%walk, cycle or take transit
Median disposable income comes to €22,880 a year per consumption unit. 18.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.5% of working residents in Saint-Aignan didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot12%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
2,150
jobs based in Saint-Aignan, 2.3 per working resident
13.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Joseph Paul-Boncour: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Georges Barré: RAF, British Government, Public domain
About Saint-Aignan
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Aignan is a commune of 2,789 people in the Communauté de communes Val-de-Cher-Controis. 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
2,789 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Val-de-Cher-Controis
Département
Loir-et-Cher (41)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
7.1 sq mi (18.4 km²)
INSEE code
41198
Saint-Aignan’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Aignan
Is Saint-Aignan safe?
It grades D for safety, #20 of 22 in Loir-et-Cher. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Aignan good?
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #15 of 21 in Loir-et-Cher. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Aignan expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Aignan grades A for cost of living.
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.
