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Saint-Martin-d'OydesAriège

Some 250 people live in this town, in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Saint-Martin-d'Oydes a good place to live?

Saint-Martin-d'Oydes isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Église Saint-Anastase
Église Saint-Anastase · Inscrit · Photo: Sergio09200 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Martin-d'Oydes’ story

Saint-Martin-d'Oydes in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Martin-d'Oydes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2015.

37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2015First protected: Église Saint-Anastase
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Martin-d'Oydes.

Who lives here

Saint-Martin-d'Oydes has fewer young adults than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 8% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 27% of the town. 28% of adults hold a degree, higher than Ariège’s towns (25%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). Ages in Saint-Martin-d'Oydes split evenly at 50.6: half are older, half younger.

50.6median age
Saint-Martin-d'OydesAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Martin-d'Oydes
Saint-Martin-d'OydesAriège medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–248%10%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+27%27%22%
No diploma14%21%19%
CAP or BEP31%26%26%
Baccalauréat25%20%18%
Higher education28%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Saint-Martin-d'Oydes keeps more of its old housing than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 37% built before 1919

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

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Martin-d'Oydes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
19th c.
oldest protected part
2015
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Saint-Martin-d'Oydes, 15.5%, runs above Ariège’s towns and compared French towns

The census found 7.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 50 jobs are based in Saint-Martin-d'Oydes, for 100 working residents (0.5 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €22,570 a year per consumption unit, near Ariège’s towns (€23,470) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Martin-d'Oydes, 0.5 per working resident
15.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Martin-d'Oydes than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.25/m² a month

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

Saint-Martin-d'Oydes recorded 13 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Martin-d'Oydes€9.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€9.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.39 to €11.57/m² a month)
€7.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Martin-d'Oydes

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Landmarks

Saint-Martin-d'Oydes 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-Anastase: Photo: Sergio09200 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saint-Martin-d'Oydes

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Martin-d'Oydes yet.

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Saint-Martin-d'Oydes’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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SaverdunPamiersSaint-Jean-du-FalgaLa Tour-du-CrieuCintegabelleVarilhesSaverdunPamiersSaint-Jean-du-FalgaLa Tour-du-CrieuCintegabelleVarilhesSaint-Martin-d'Oydes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Martin-d'Oydes250—————
Saverdun4,8086.4DC+CD
Pamiers16,4737.2CB+DC
Saint-Jean-du-Falga2,8518.8B+BB+B
La Tour-du-Crieu3,2309.4A−CA+A−
Cintegabelle Haute-Garonne3,00610BC+AC
Varilhes3,48711AB+B+A

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

About Saint-Martin-d'Oydes

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Saint-Martin-d'Oydes is a commune of 250 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. 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
250 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4.6 sq mi (11.9 km²)
INSEE code
09270

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.