Saint-Marcel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Marcel 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Marcel.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Marcel than in Indre’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.28/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €974/m², close to Indre’s towns (€1,176/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The sales split: 99% houses, the rest apartments. Saint-Marcel recorded 78 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€974/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Marcel€974/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre median€1,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€971/m²
77
€7.28/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.41 to €9.79/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,610
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Saint-Marcel run above what its ages would predict: 106 per 100 expected, more than Indre’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 209 residents of Saint-Marcel died, against 197 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Marcel is Centre hospitalier, 16.2 mi away. In Indre, women can expect to live 84 years and men 76.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Marcel · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
16.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier
84 · 76.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Marcel has fewer young adults than Indre’s towns or compared French towns: 7.8% are 15 to 24
Children are 14% of the town. People 65 and over make up 33% of the town, above Indre’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 18% of adults.
52.1median age
Saint-MarcelIndre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Saint-Marcel gets a D for jobs & income
13.4% of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €23,470 a year per consumption unit, about level with Indre’s towns (€23,370) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 3.8% of working residents in Saint-Marcel at the census.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot8%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
300
jobs based in Saint-Marcel, 0.6 per working resident
13.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 63% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Saint-Marcel than in Indre or compared French towns: 53 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Marcel has 8 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 6 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Temple n° 3, de type fanum. Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a quarter of the total, above both Indre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Terrains contenant des vestiges archéologiques: Photo: Jean FAUCHEUX · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vestiges du théâtre gallo-romain d'Argentomagus: Photo: Jean FAUCHEUX · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Marcel
Is Saint-Marcel safe?
Saint-Marcel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Marcel good?
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Marcel expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Marcel grades A+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Marcel
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Marcel is a commune of 1,514 people in the Communauté de communes Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. 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
1,514 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse
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.
