Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,638 residents and lies in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its schools fall short (C−): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. Oucques La Nouvelle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Oucques La Nouvelle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Oucques La Nouvelle 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.
Oucques La Nouvelle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Oucques La Nouvelle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monument antique, in Vievy-le-Rayé, 3.3 mi away.
24% 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 Oucques La Nouvelle.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.03/m² a month, below both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€10.23/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €6.67/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 65 homes in Oucques La Nouvelle.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,163/m² | 65 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 10.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège LavoisierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 57 | 84%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €24,100 a year per consumption unit, close to Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Oucques La Nouvelle didn’t travel to work at all. The jobless rate is 9.1%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Loir-et-Cher can expect 85.2 years and a boy 80.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 187 residents of Oucques La Nouvelle died, against 214 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Oucques La Nouvelle is Centre hospitalier Vendome Montoire, 10.6 mi away. This Loir-et-Cher town has 2 family doctors.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Under 15: 18% of residents. 28% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Oucques La Nouvelle | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
In Oucques La Nouvelle, police and gendarmerie logged 0 offenses of the graded kinds in 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Oucques La Nouvelle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Oucques La Nouvelle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oucques La Nouvelle | 1,638 | — | — | A | — | B+ |
| Saint-Ouen | 3,041 | 10 | A | A− | B | A+ |
| Vendôme | 15,758 | 11 | B− | B | C− | A− |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières Eure-et-Loir | 5,607 | 13 | B | A | A− | B− |
| Mer | 6,250 | 13 | C− | A− | D | C+ |
| Beauce la Romaine | 3,341 | 13 | — | A+ | — | B− |
| Villebarou | 2,584 | 14 | — | B | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Oucques La Nouvelle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 15% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Oucques La Nouvelle grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Oucques La Nouvelle is a commune of 1,638 people in the Communauté de communes Beauce Val de Loire. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.