Samatan has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. At the median price of €2,017/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Saves. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Samatan with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 30% of residents are 65 or over
8% of residents are 15 to 24 and 30% are 65 or over, against 8.5% and 34% in the median compared commune of Gers. 33% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Gers 24%, France 30%).
50.3median age
SamatanGers medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
19% of Samatan’s homes were built before 1919 (Gers towns 21%, compared French towns 7.4%)
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Samatan: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Samatan is Château de Latour.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Samatan gets a B for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,017/m², comes from 75 sales of houses and apartments in Samatan from July 2023 to June 2026. Only one of the 11 towns in Gers costs more to buy into than Samatan, whose median sale is €2,017/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.87/m² a month, above Gers’ towns (€9.96/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,017/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Samatan€2,017/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gers median€1,500/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,027/m²
72
€10.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.83 to €13.38/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Saves
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Samatan is 20.1 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Samatan. Its care home for older people (59 places) counts its residents as Samatan’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Samatan · 5.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
20.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Auch En Gascogne
20 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Auch En Gascogne
85.5 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gers, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Samatan has lower unemployment than Gers’ towns or compared French towns: 7.7%
On this, Samatan is below both Gers’ towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Samatan has 1,100 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 1.1 per worker. At the census, 8.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
1,100
jobs based in Samatan, 1.1 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 45% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Samatan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 14 offenses in the graded categories in Samatan in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 25.0% of the index here.
2.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence8
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
Theft without violence9
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
2.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
25.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Samatan
Is Samatan safe?
Samatan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Samatan good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #2 of 11 in Gers. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Samatan expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,017/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Samatan grades B for cost of living.
About Samatan
Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Samatan is a commune of 2,517 people in the Communauté de communes du Saves. 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
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.
