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267 people call this town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.
Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 30% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 31% of residents.
The 2 things Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.
42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Conforgien: Photo: Sdo216 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.5% of residents, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 21% have a degree. Ages in Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer split evenly at 55.1: half are older, half younger.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 14th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Jobs located in Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer: 50, for 100 residents in work (0.3 each). Unemployment stood at 5.8%, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 8.5% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer: 12 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer yet.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer is a commune of 267 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Arnay Liernais. 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) · 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.