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Saint-Martial-le-MontCreuse

A town in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 265 people.

Is Saint-Martial-le-Mont a good place to live?

Saint-Martial-le-Mont has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 22% of its housing.

What makes Saint-Martial-le-Mont stand out

The one thing Saint-Martial-le-Mont does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Fragment de colonne gallo-romaine
Fragment de colonne gallo-romaine · Classé · Photo: Aubussonais · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Martial-le-Mont’s story

Saint-Martial-le-Mont in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Martial-le-Mont: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1938.

49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1938First protected: Fragment de colonne gallo-romaine
  • 1969Most recently protected: Église Saint-Martial
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Martial-le-Mont.

Who lives here

Few people in Saint-Martial-le-Mont are 15 to 24: 9.1%, fewer than in both Creuse’s towns and compared French towns

27% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Creuse’s towns (32%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 16% of the population here. Graduates make up 23% of adults.

51.5median age
Saint-Martial-le-MontCreuse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Martial-le-Mont
Saint-Martial-le-MontCreuse medianFrance median
Under 1516%12%17%
15–249.1%11%11%
25–4416%19%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+27%32%22%
No diploma15%24%19%
CAP or BEP35%28%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education23%24%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Saint-Martial-le-Mont: 49% were built before 1919, more than in both Creuse’s towns and compared French towns

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

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Martial-le-Mont is Fragment de colonne gallo-romaine. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Its oldest listed monument dates from Antiquity.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Antiquity
oldest protected part
1938
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Only 2.0% of commuters in Saint-Martial-le-Mont go to work without a car, fewer than in both Creuse’s towns and compared French towns

Unemployment stood at 9.0%, below both Creuse’s towns (15.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income is €21,580 a year for each consumption unit. At the census, 4.9% of working residents in Saint-Martial-le-Mont didn’t travel to work at all.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Saint-Martial-le-Mont, 0.2 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,580
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Saint-Martial-le-Mont costs less than in both Creuse’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.74/m² a month

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

The market in Saint-Martial-le-Mont: 16 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€7.74/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Martial-le-Mont€7.74/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Creuse median€8.82/m²
€7.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.11 to €9.80/m² a month)
€6.64/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-Martial-le-Mont

11pages on Saint-Martial-le-Mont

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Martial-le-Mont: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Martial: Photo: Aubussonais · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fragment de colonne gallo-romaine: Photo: Aubussonais · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Saint-Martial-le-Mont

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Martial-le-Mont yet.

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Saint-Martial-le-Mont’s 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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AubussonSainte-FeyreGuéretAubussonSainte-FeyreGuéretSaint-Martial-le-Mont
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Martial-le-Mont265—————
Aubusson3,0187.5C+ADD
Sainte-Feyre2,56611A+AA+A−
Guéret12,95513B−ADD

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

About Saint-Martial-le-Mont

Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Saint-Martial-le-Mont is a commune of 265 people in the Creuse Sud Ouest. 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
265 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Creuse Sud Ouest
Département
Creuse (23)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4 sq mi (10.2 km²)
INSEE code
23214

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.