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A town of 150 in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saint-Martin-Château is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 58% of homes. Over-65s are just over a third of the population.
The 2 things Saint-Martin-Château does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Martin-Château as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Sanctuaire gallo-romain du Puy-Lautard, in Saint-Pierre-Bellevue, 6.4 mi away.
68% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Martin-Château.
35% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 41% of adults, above both Creuse’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). Ages in Saint-Martin-Château split evenly at 58.3: half are older, half younger.
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Martin-Château | Creuse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 9.5% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
14.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below Creuse’s towns (15.4%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Martin-Château holds 50 jobs; 50 of its residents are in work, so 1.1 jobs each. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 14.0% of commuters travelled 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.
Sales in Saint-Martin-Château from July 2023 to June 2026: 13 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Martin-Château. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Martin-Château is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Martin-Château 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martin-Château | 150 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat Haute-Vienne | 4,366 | 15 | A− | A | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Martin-Château is a commune of 150 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
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.