Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 8,555 residents in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire.
Sautron’s best grade is for jobs & income (A+) — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.0% unemployment. Overall, Sautron earns a B+: better than 69% of compared French towns, and #39 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €3,531/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Nantes Métropole. The drawback is schools: bac results 2.3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 9 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Sautron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sautron 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sautron, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1969.
2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Sautron. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sautron.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Sautron: 70 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 911 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 697, 23% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Sautron is Chu de Nantes site Hotel Dieu Hopital Mere Enfant, 6.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Sautron can choose among 8 GPs.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #83 of 83 in Loire-Atlantique on results. The bac pro: 88% of 40 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. At the lycées within 5 km of Sautron, 94.8% passed the bac, about level with Loire-Atlantique’s towns (95.7%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège GutenbergNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 110 | 77%−9 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Nicolas AppertNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 233 | 96%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
270 sales of houses and apartments in Sautron, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,531/m². Of the homes sold, 64% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,509/m² | 173 |
| Apartments | €3,547/m² | 97 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people averaged 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12.7. 131 offenses were reported in Sautron during 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The unemployment rate comes to 6.0%. No commute at all: 3.9% of working residents in Sautron at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.2% of residents, lower than both Loire-Atlantique’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 25% of residents are 65 or over. The under-15s are 19% of the population here.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Sautron | Loire-Atlantique median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 51% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire-Atlantique median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, below Loire-Atlantique’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. The protected list starts in the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Sautron has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bongarant: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Sautron.
Philippe Cognée: Cognée, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sautron | 8,555 | — | B+ | C− | B+ | A |
| Orvault | 28,534 | 3.2 | B+ | C− | C+ | A− |
| Couëron | 24,103 | 3.5 | B | C | B− | B |
| Saint-Herblain | 50,973 | 3.7 | C+ | C− | D− | A− |
| Indre | 4,160 | 4.4 | C | C | C | B− |
| Treillières | 10,600 | 4.6 | A | C | A− | A− |
| Vigneux-de-Bretagne | 6,692 | 4.7 | A | C | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #32 of 93 in Loire-Atlantique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 39 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 15% of compared French towns. 96% of 233 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Nicolas Appert in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,531/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. By type: houses €3,509/m² (173 sales), apartments €3,547/m² (97 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sautron grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Sautron is a commune of 8,555 people in the Nantes Métropole. 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.
