Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 3,041 residents and lies in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Overall, Saint-Ouen earns an A, which places it #2 of 22 in Loir-et-Cher. Nationally, it does better than 93% of compared French towns. Its best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are modest for what you get (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, C+ for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Saint-Ouen does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Ouen 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Ouen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Areines, 1.2 mi away.
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Ouen. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Vendôme3 km south, in Vendôme
Art galleryChapelle Saint-Jacques de Vendôme2.4 km south, in VendômeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Meslay1.6 km east, in MeslayAbbeyAbbeyCouvent des Cordeliers de Vendôme2.4 km south, in VendômeFortFortTour Saint-Martin2.7 km south, in VendômePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Ouen.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Ouen can choose among 7 GPs. In Loir-et-Cher, women can expect to live 85.2 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 445 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 316, 29% fewer.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
13% are under 15, below both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.2% of the town. Line up the people of Saint-Ouen by age and the one in the middle is 54.9.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Ouen | Loir-et-Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,736/m², comes from 115 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Ouen from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,736/m² | 115 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Saint-Ouen was burglary (2025). Over 2025, Saint-Ouen logged 46 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 15.9.
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 13.1% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Ouen, 94.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than Loir-et-Cher’s towns (92.8%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #4 of 21 in Loir-et-Cher. Collège pupils travel 1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean EmondNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 82%−8 pts |
| Lycée RonsardNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 298 | 97%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel André AmpèreBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 119 | 87%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Ouen has 1,250 jobs for 1,100 working residents, 1.1 per worker. At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Saint-Ouen didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 5.9% of working residents in Saint-Ouen to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Ouen is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Ouen.
Patrick Papin: Panini, Public domain
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-Ouen | 3,041 | — | A | A− | B | A+ |
| Vendôme | 15,758 | 1.2 | B− | B | C− | A− |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir | 3,646 | 11 | B+ | A | B | B |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières Eure-et-Loir | 5,607 | 15 | B | A | A− | B− |
| Saint-Calais Sarthe | 2,948 | 17 | B | A+ | C | C+ |
| Château-Renault Indre-et-Loire | 4,392 | 17 | C− | A | D− | C+ |
| Villebarou | 2,584 | 17 | — | B | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #6 of 22 in Loir-et-Cher. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns and #4 of 21 in Loir-et-Cher. 97% of 298 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Ronsard in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,736/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Ouen grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Ouen is a commune of 3,041 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Territoires Vendômois. 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 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.
