Salbris’s overall grade, C+, puts it better than just over two fifths of compared French towns. It ranks #16 of 22 in Loir-et-Cher. Its weakest is schools (D−): brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Health lags (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (B+): 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Salbris 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Salbris costs less than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.58/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,208/m², comes from 232 sales of houses and apartments in Salbris from July 2023 to June 2026. The town is the second cheapest of the 26 towns in Loir-et-Cher, at €1,208/m². The sales split: 94% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,208/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Salbris€1,208/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€1,606/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,205/m²
217
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.96 to €10.59/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Sologne des Rivières
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Salbris than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
The 65-and-over age group makes up 32% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.2% of residents, near Loir-et-Cher’s towns (8.9%) and lower than compared French towns (11%).
54.2median age
SalbrisLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Salbris run higher than in 78% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (99 places) counts its residents as Salbris’; allowing for it, deaths were 1% below expected. 838 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 737: 14% above. The nearest emergency department to Salbris is Ch de Vierzon, 13.7 mi away. The town has one family doctor.
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Salbris · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch de Vierzon
13.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Vierzon
85.2 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loir-et-Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
20.4% of commuters in Salbris go to work without a car, more than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs based in Salbris number 1,650, against 1,800 residents in work (0.9 per worker). The median disposable income was €24,330 a year per consumption unit, about level with Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 5.1% of working residents here at the census.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
Public transport9%
On foot8%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,650
jobs based in Salbris, 0.9 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
9.3% of its homes were built before 1919, below Loir-et-Cher’s towns (13%) but above compared French towns (7.4%). Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
More crime per resident in Salbris than in 52% of compared French towns
Graded property crimes ran at 14.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 7.1 (2023–2025 average). Salbris’s tally for 2025: 99 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes here, burglary came up most often (2025).
7.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary33
Criminal damage32
Family violence12
Other physical violence9
Sexual violence8
Theft from vehicles5
Fraud48
Theft without violence29
Drug use25
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.
7.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
99
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.4%
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 · For armed robbery and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
François Beaugendre: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain · Omer Beaugendre: Agence Rol, Public domain · Joseph Moingt: Phponcon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Solange de Ganay: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Salbris’ 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 Salbris
Is Salbris safe?
It grades B− for safety, #10 of 22 in Loir-et-Cher. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Salbris good?
They grade D−, better than 5% of compared French towns and #18 of 21 in Loir-et-Cher. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Salbris expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,208/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Salbris grades A for cost of living.
About Salbris
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Salbris is a commune of 4,809 people in the Communauté de communes de la Sologne des Rivières. 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
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.
