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In Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, this town has 2,543 residents.
Ouzouer-sur-Loire’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on walkability as well (C): 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median home sells for €1,557/m².
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, INSEE census 2023. Ouzouer-sur-Loire has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Ouzouer-sur-Loire 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.
Ouzouer-sur-Loire has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Ouzouer-sur-Loire does most differently from other towns.
Ouzouer-sur-Loire has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ouzouer-sur-Loire has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Les quatre maisons forestières et le monument commémoratif situés au Carrefour de la Résistance: Photo: Travail personnel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ouzouer-sur-Loire.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ouzouer-sur-Loire has 2 family doctors. Average lifespans in Loiret: 85.4 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 202 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 229, 13% more. The nearest emergency department to Ouzouer-sur-Loire is Centrehospitalier Pierre Dezarnaulds Gien, 9.3 mi away.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. Ouzouer-sur-Loire recorded 87 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,584/m² | 85 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For its 1,150 residents in work, Ouzouer-sur-Loire has 800 jobs: 0.7 each. 7.5% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Loiret’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,200 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Ouzouer-sur-Loire has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, below Loiret’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Half of Ouzouer-sur-Loire is older than 45, half younger. Under-15s account for 18% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Ouzouer-sur-Loire. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ouzouer-sur-Loire yet.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Ouzouer-sur-Loire is a commune of 2,543 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de Sully. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire | 2,543 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Sully-sur-Loire | 5,124 | 5.2 | C | A− | C+ | C+ |
| Lorris | 2,996 | 7.8 | B+ | A− | B+ | D |
| Gien | 13,459 | 9 | C− | B+ | C− | C− |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson | 2,559 | 13 | A− | A− | A− | C+ |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Loire | 8,546 | 14 | B− | B− | B | B− |
| Briare | 4,911 | 15 | C | A− | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ouzouer-sur-Loire 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 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ouzouer-sur-Loire grades A− for cost of living.
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.