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A town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, home to 945 people.

Is Sargé-sur-Braye a good place to live?

Sargé-sur-Braye is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 13% of its housing. The median sale price is €1,071/m².

What makes Sargé-sur-Braye stand out

The 2 things Sargé-sur-Braye does most differently from other towns.

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Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Classé · Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sargé-sur-Braye’s story

Sargé-sur-Braye in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Sargé-sur-Braye: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1958.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Roger Reboussin, born in 1881, is the one person born in Sargé-sur-Braye before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1958First protected: Église Saint-Martin
  • 1986Most recently protected: Château de Montmarin
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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Sargé-sur-Braye: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Château des Radrets: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Montmarin: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sargé-sur-Braye.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Sargé-sur-Braye than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 17% of adults

50.5median age

Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, below Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) but above compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Sargé-sur-Braye is 50.5.

Sargé-sur-BrayeLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sargé-sur-Braye
Sargé-sur-BrayeLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–249.2%8.9%11%
25–4419%19%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+27%30%22%
No diploma23%25%19%
CAP or BEP34%30%26%
Baccalauréat19%16%18%
Higher education17%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Sargé-sur-Braye keeps more of its old housing than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919

3historic monuments

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

2 of the 3 are houses and mansions. Among the classé monuments in Sargé-sur-Braye is Église Saint-Martin. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

10th c.
oldest protected part
1958
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Only 6.7% of commuters in Sargé-sur-Braye go to work without a car, fewer than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns

7%walk, cycle or take transit

Sargé-sur-Braye has 200 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.5 per worker. Half of residents lived on more than €24,430 a year per consumption unit, close to Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Sargé-sur-Braye went to work by public transport.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Sargé-sur-Braye, 0.5 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Sargé-sur-Braye costs less than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.82/m² a month

€1,071/m²median sale price

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

Sargé-sur-Braye recorded 37 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Sargé-sur-Braye€1,071/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€1,606/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,071/m²37
€7.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.20 to €9.86/m² a month)
€7.29/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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sargé-sur-Braye

13pages on Sargé-sur-Braye
Nearby attractions

Château des Radrets and 2 more in and around Sargé-sur-Braye

Heritage in and near Sargé-sur-Braye. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Sargé-sur-Braye

2 notable people were born in Sargé-sur-Braye.

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About Sargé-sur-Braye

Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Sargé-sur-Braye is a commune of 945 people in the Communauté de communes des Collines du Perche. 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
945 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Collines du Perche
Département
Loir-et-Cher (41)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
16.2 sq mi (42.1 km²)
INSEE code
41235

Sargé-sur-Braye’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 Loir-et-Cher →
Saint-CalaisVibrayeMontoire-sur-le-LoirSaint-OuenVendômeVald'YerreSaint-CalaisVibrayeMontoire-sur-le-LoirSaint-OuenVendômeVald'YerreSargé-sur-Braye
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sargé-sur-Braye945—————
Saint-Calais Sarthe2,9485.2BA+CC+
Vibraye Sarthe2,52311—A+—B+
Montoire-sur-le-Loir3,64612B+ABB
Saint-Ouen3,04113AA−BA+
Vendôme15,75813B−BC−A−
Vald'Yerre Eure-et-Loir3,60918BAA−C−

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

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.