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Home to 1,293 people, this town lies in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Housing is within reach (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. Most journeys need a car (D).
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. Saint-Sauvant 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 one thing Saint-Sauvant does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Sauvant 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.
Saint-Sauvant has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Saint-Sauvant has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.
37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sauvant.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €972/m², below both Vienne’s towns (€1,790/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Saint-Sauvant from July 2023 to June 2026: 65 houses and apartments. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €938/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,210 a year. 5.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 6.9% of working residents in Saint-Sauvant didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Sauvant is Polyclinique de Poitiers, 19.5 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 134 residents of Saint-Sauvant died, against 150 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. Also worth knowing: in Vienne, women can expect to live 85.8 years and men 79.8 (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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Sauvant is Église Saint-Sylvain. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than Vienne’s towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Saint-Sauvant in two is 47.5. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Sauvant | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Saint-Sauvant has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Sylvain: Photo: Rentlau · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Sauvant yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sauvant | 1,293 | — | — | A+ | — | A− |
| Rouillé | 2,533 | 3.9 | — | A+ | — | B |
| Lusignan | 2,544 | 5.3 | A | A | B | B− |
| Valence-en-Poitou | 4,325 | 7.2 | A− | A | B+ | B− |
| Vivonne | 4,550 | 9.9 | B | A | D | A |
| Boivre-la-Vallée | 3,024 | 13 | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École Deux-Sèvres | 7,595 | 14 | B+ | A− | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Sauvant has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Sauvant grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Sauvant is a commune of 1,293 people in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Poitiers. 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 October 30, 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.