Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (C): 34% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. La Selle-sur-le-Bied 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.
Each subject compares La Selle-sur-le-Bied 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.
Église paroissiale de la Très-Sainte-Trinité: Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Selle-sur-le-Bied.
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: La Selle-sur-le-Bied is above 85% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Loiret live to 85.4 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in La Selle-sur-le-Bied come to 103 per 100 predicted. 107 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 103: 3% above. The nearest emergency department to La Selle-sur-le-Bied is Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise, 7.5 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in La Selle-sur-le-Bied · 0.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise
7.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise
85.4 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loiret, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Only 8.5% of commuters in La Selle-sur-le-Bied go to work without a car, fewer than in Loiret’s towns and compared French towns
9%walk, cycle or take transit
Public transport took 5.3% of La Selle-sur-le-Bied’s working residents to work at the census. 9.7% of people in the labour force have no job. Half of residents lived on more than €25,480 a year per consumption unit, near both Loiret’s towns (€25,190) and compared French towns (€25,970).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in La Selle-sur-le-Bied, 0.7 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 25% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Buying in La Selle-sur-le-Bied costs less than in Loiret’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,436/m²
€1,436/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.22/m² a month, lower than both Loiret’s towns (€11.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €9.62/m² a month. The market in La Selle-sur-le-Bied: 39 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Selle-sur-le-Bied€1,436/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loiret median€1,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,436/m²
39
€11.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.97 to €14.04/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.62/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,700
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Cléry, du Betz et de l'Ouanne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape La Selle-sur-le-Bied: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, La Selle-sur-le-Bied counts 4 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Église paroissiale de la Très-Sainte-Trinité. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in La Selle-sur-le-Bied than in Loiret’s towns or across compared French towns: 23% of adults
46.8median age
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.6%, below both Loiret’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Ages in La Selle-sur-le-Bied split evenly at 46.8: half are older, half younger. Under 15: 18% of residents.
La Selle-sur-le-BiedLoiret medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
La Selle-sur-le-Bied is a commune of 1,151 people in the Communauté de communes de la Cléry, du Betz et de l'Ouanne. 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
1,151 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Cléry, du Betz et de l'Ouanne
Département
Loiret (45)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
11.6 sq mi (30.1 km²)
INSEE code
45307
La Selle-sur-le-Bied’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Selle-sur-le-Bied
Is La Selle-sur-le-Bied safe?
La Selle-sur-le-Bied has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is La Selle-sur-le-Bied expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Selle-sur-le-Bied grades B for cost of living.
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.
