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1,962 residents make their home in this town in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

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

Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. The median price paid is €1,157/m².

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Savigny-sur-Braye 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.

What makes Savigny-sur-Braye stand out

The 3 things Savigny-sur-Braye does most differently from other towns.

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How Savigny-sur-Braye grades

Each subject compares Savigny-sur-Braye 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.

How grading works

Savigny-sur-Braye has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

Cost of livingAmong the best of the towns comparedA+Open →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesA−Open →Jobs & income10.4% unemploymentC+Open →Walkability51% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workC+Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église Saint-Pierre
Église Saint-Pierre · Inscrit · Photo: Seraphin M · CC BY-SA 3.0
Savigny-sur-Braye’s story

Savigny-sur-Braye in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Savigny-sur-Braye; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.

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

Charles-Louis Salmon du Châtelier, born in 1761, is the one person born in Savigny-sur-Braye before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1926First protected: Église Saint-Pierre
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The data

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

HousingCost of living A+

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Savigny-sur-Braye than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.82/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 88 homes in Savigny-sur-Braye. Houses were 93% of what sold.

€1,157/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Savigny-sur-Braye€1,157/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loir-et-Cher median€1,606/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,117/m²82
€7.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.20 to €9.86/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.64/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Territoires Vendômois

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Savigny-sur-Braye than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults

The share aged 15 to 24 is 8%. 32% of residents are 65 or over, above both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.

53.8median age
Savigny-sur-BrayeLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 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.

Ages and diplomas in Savigny-sur-Braye
Savigny-sur-BrayeLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–248%8.9%11%
25–4419%19%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+32%30%22%
No diploma25%25%19%
CAP or BEP36%30%26%
Baccalauréat17%16%18%
Higher education16%24%30%

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

HealthHealth A−

Savigny-sur-Braye loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 78 per 100 expected, below Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Life expectancy at birth in Loir-et-Cher is 85.2 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 477 residents of Savigny-sur-Braye died, against 399 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% more. The nearest emergency department to Savigny-sur-Braye is Centre hospitalier St Calais, 4.7 mi away.

−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw120
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Savigny-sur-Braye · 1.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier St Calais
12.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Maternite centre hospitalier Vendome Montoire
85.2 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loir-et-Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.

History

Old homes shape Savigny-sur-Braye: 29% were built before 1919, more than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns

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

The oldest protected building goes back to the 15th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Savigny-sur-Braye; none is classé, France’s top protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
15th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected

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

Work & commuteJobs & income C+

Savigny-sur-Braye has 1.4 jobs for every resident in work

Half of residents lived on more than €24,100 a year per consumption unit, near Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 8.1% of working residents in Savigny-sur-Braye at the census. Unemployment is 10.4%.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
On foot6%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,100
jobs based in Savigny-sur-Braye, 1.4 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Savigny-sur-Braye

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Landmarks

Savigny-sur-Braye has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Seraphin M · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Savigny-sur-Braye

One notable person was born in Savigny-sur-Braye.

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Savigny-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-CalaisMontoire-sur-le-LoirVendômeSaint-OuenVibrayeSaint-CalaisMontoire-sur-le-LoirVendômeSaint-OuenVibrayeSavigny-sur-Braye
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Savigny-sur-Braye1,962——A+—A−
Saint-Calais Sarthe2,9484.7BA+CC+
Montoire-sur-le-Loir3,6468.4B+ABB
Vendôme15,75812B−BC−A−
Saint-Ouen3,04113AA−BA+
Vibraye Sarthe2,52313—A+—B+

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

Questions about Savigny-sur-Braye

Is Savigny-sur-Braye safe?

Savigny-sur-Braye has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 11.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Savigny-sur-Braye expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Savigny-sur-Braye grades A+ for cost of living.

About Savigny-sur-Braye

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

Savigny-sur-Braye is a commune of 1,962 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Territoires Vendômois. 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
1,962 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Territoires Vendômois
Département
Loir-et-Cher (41)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
25.9 sq mi (67.2 km²)
INSEE code
41238

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.