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A town of 1,011 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saulgé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,031/m², a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Saulgé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saulgé 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 2 historic monuments in Saulgé: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
23% 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 Saulgé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 132 deaths in Saulgé from 2016 to 2025; there were 85, 36% fewer. At birth, a girl in Vienne can expect 85.8 years and a boy 79.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Saulgé is Chu de Poitiers site de Montmorillon, 3.1 mi away.
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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,031/m²: 45 houses and apartments sold in Saulgé between July 2023 and June 2026. A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe. From July 2023 to June 2026, 45 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,031/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Vienne’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 7.0%. 150 jobs are based in Saulgé, for 400 working residents (0.4 per worker). The median disposable income is €24,340 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saulgé, 95.0% passed the bac, above both Vienne’s towns (93.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Martial PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 40 | 88%+1 pt |
| Lycée Jean MoulinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 133 | 95%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8% of residents, lower than both Vienne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saulgé | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saulgé is Ancienne chapelle de Saulgé. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The graded crime recorded most in Saulgé was other physical violence (2025). Violence against people averaged 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 5.3.
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 family violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 82.8% of the index here.
Museums and heritage in and near Saulgé. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saulgé: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saulgé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulgé | 1,011 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Montmorillon | 5,821 | 3 | B | A | C | A− |
| Valdivienne | 2,715 | 14 | — | A | — | A− |
| Chauvigny | 7,007 | 16 | B+ | A | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saulgé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns. 95% of 133 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Moulin in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,031/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saulgé grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saulgé is a commune of 1,011 people in the Communauté de communes Vienne et Gartempe. 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.