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1,054 people call this town in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire home.
Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its schools beat most: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Incomes are on the low side: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 15.9% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois 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.
Each subject compares Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois 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.
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Sanctuaire des eaux gallo-romains du Déversoir, in Montbouy, 3.6 mi away.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,207/m², below Loiret’s towns (€1,877/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest. Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois recorded 50 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,207/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 closest lycée for the general bac is 12 mi off. The nearest collège is 1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri BecquerelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 103 | 85%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.7% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €23,250 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Loiret’s towns (€25,190) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois records 95 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Loiret’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88). 123 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 129: 5% below. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is Centrehospitalier Pierre Dezarnaulds Gien, 12.4 mi away. Also worth knowing: women in Loiret live to 85.4 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, higher than both Loiret’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 26% of the population. The age that splits Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois in two is 46.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and other places to visit in and near Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois yet.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is a commune of 1,054 people in the Communauté de communes Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois | 1,054 | — | — | A | — | C |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson | 2,559 | 4.3 | A− | A− | A− | C+ |
| Amilly | 13,582 | 12 | C− | C+ | C | C |
| Gien | 13,459 | 12 | C− | B+ | C− | C− |
| Briare | 4,911 | 13 | C | A− | C | B− |
| Villemandeur | 7,078 | 13 | C | C | C+ | B |
| Montargis | 14,825 | 13 | D | B− | D− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 12.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, 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 Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois grades A for cost of living.
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.