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Home to 214 people, this town lies in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Saint-Outrille a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Saint-Outrille out for now. Holiday and other second homes account for 16% of homes. It skews older: 38% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Saint-Outrille stand out

The 2 things Saint-Outrille does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église collégiale Saint-Austrégésile
Église collégiale Saint-Austrégésile · Classé · Photo: Original téléversé par Accrochoc sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Outrille’s story

Saint-Outrille in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Outrille counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1886.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1886First protected: Église collégiale Saint-Austrégésile
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Outrille.

Who lives here

Saint-Outrille has fewer young adults than Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 4.2% are 15 to 24

22% of adults hold a degree, between Cher’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 38% of the town. Under-15s account for 13% of the population.

58.7median age
Saint-OutrilleCher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

56% women, 44% men

About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Outrille
Saint-OutrilleCher medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–244.2%9.2%11%
25–4416%20%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+38%29%22%
No diploma24%25%19%
CAP or BEP30%30%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education22%20%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Saint-Outrille: 33% were built before 1919, more than in Cher’s towns or compared French towns

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

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Outrille is Église collégiale Saint-Austrégésile. Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1886
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Saint-Outrille has higher unemployment than Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 18.1%

At the census, 11.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Cher’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €24,180 a year per consumption unit.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot8%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Saint-Outrille, 0.3 per working resident
18.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,180
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
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-Outrille than in Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.53/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €6.65/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 13 homes in Saint-Outrille.

€8.53/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Outrille€8.53/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cher median€9.78/m²
€8.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.82 to €10.67/m² a month)
€6.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Musée de la photographie de Graçay and 4 more in and around Saint-Outrille

Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Outrille. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Saint-Outrille

12pages on Saint-Outrille

Landmarks

Saint-Outrille has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église collégiale Saint-Austrégésile: Photo: Original téléversé par Accrochoc sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Saint-Outrille

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Outrille yet.

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Saint-Outrille’s neighbors

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

All towns in Cher →
MéreauVillefranche-sur-CherChabrisVierzonRomorantin-LanthenayLevrouxMéreauVillefranche-sur-CherChabrisVierzonRomorantin-LanthenayLevrouxSaint-Outrille
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Outrille214—————
Méreau2,63211—A+—B−
Villefranche-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher2,67811BAA−D
Chabris Indre2,74011—A—C
Vierzon25,06812CADC−
Romorantin-Lanthenay Loir-et-Cher18,37315C−B+CC−
Levroux Indre2,79716A+A+BA−

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

About Saint-Outrille

Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Saint-Outrille is a commune of 214 people in the Communauté de communes Vierzon-Sologne-Berry. 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
214 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vierzon-Sologne-Berry
Département
Cher (18)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
4.9 sq mi (12.6 km²)
INSEE code
18228

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.