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The town, home to 1,473 people, lies in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.7% unemployment. Homes change hands at a median €1,226/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Romain-sur-Cher has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Saint-Romain-sur-Cher does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Romain-sur-Cher 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.
Saint-Romain-sur-Cher has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Saint-Romain-sur-Cher has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Romain-sur-Cher.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.36/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 54 homes in Saint-Romain-sur-Cher.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,226/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Saint-Romain-sur-Cher didn’t travel to work at all. Half of residents lived on more than €24,870 a year per consumption unit, near Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 16%, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns (15%) but below compared French towns (17%). 28% of residents have reached 65. Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Romain-sur-Cher | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Romain-sur-Cher has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The protected list starts in the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. Saint-Romain-sur-Cher has one family doctor. Also worth knowing: 168 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 190: 12% below.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Romain-sur-Cher. Best known first.
Saint-Romain-sur-Cher has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Romain-sur-Cher yet.
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-Romain-sur-Cher | 1,473 | — | — | A+ | — | B− |
| Noyers-sur-Cher | 2,631 | 2.4 | C | A− | B | C− |
| Saint-Aignan | 2,789 | 3.4 | B | A | D | A |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne | 6,860 | 8.2 | B+ | A | C | B− |
| Selles-sur-Cher | 4,184 | 8.9 | B+ | A+ | C | C+ |
| Montrichard Val de Cher | 3,611 | 9.2 | C+ | A− | C | B− |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Cher | 2,710 | 12 | — | B+ | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Romain-sur-Cher has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Romain-sur-Cher grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Romain-sur-Cher is a commune of 1,473 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
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 9, 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.