Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 1,142 residents in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Sassay’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools do well: brevet results a point above the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (D): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. It also trails on walkability (D).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Sassay 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 Sassay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sassay 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.
Sassay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sassay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Christophe, in Couddes, 3 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sassay.
At the census, 5.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. Median disposable income comes to €25,020 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
88 deaths in Sassay between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 83: 6% above. The nearest emergency department to Sassay is Ch Romorantin Lanthenay, 13.6 mi away. Average lifespans in Loir-et-Cher: 85.2 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.95/m² a month, about level with Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.59/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 49 homes in Sassay.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,560/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 9.1 mi away. For collège, the closest is 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 91%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, higher than Loir-et-Cher’s towns (8.9%) and near compared French towns (11%). Ages in Sassay split evenly at 37.8: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Sassay | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Sassay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Sassay.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sassay | 1,142 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne | 6,860 | 3.7 | B+ | A | C | B− |
| Cour-Cheverny | 2,831 | 8 | A | B | A | B |
| Noyers-sur-Cher | 2,631 | 8.3 | C | A− | B | C− |
| Cellettes | 2,715 | 9.2 | — | B | — | A− |
| Selles-sur-Cher | 4,184 | 9.8 | B+ | A+ | C | C+ |
| Saint-Aignan | 2,789 | 9.9 | B | A | D | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sassay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sassay grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Sassay is a commune of 1,142 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 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.