Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 9,562 residents, it is a town in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Saint-Jean-le-Blanc does the important things well, at a cost. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Safety is another plus: an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying in is costly (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade lands at A−, better than 77% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #15 of 43 in Loiret.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Jean-le-Blanc 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Jean-le-Blanc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de la Motte-Sanguin, in Orléans, 1 mi away.
4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Jean-le-Blanc is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Jean-le-Blanc.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Jean-le-Blanc can choose among 4 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Loiret is 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,022 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 801, 22% 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
377 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Jean-le-Blanc, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,398/m². Houses sell for €2,503/m² here, apartments for €2,231/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 377 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,503/m² | 186 |
| Apartments | €2,231/m² | 191 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, below Loiret’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 1,950 jobs are based in Saint-Jean-le-Blanc, for 4,150 working residents (0.5 per worker). At the census, a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Saint-Jean-le-Blanc was family violence (2025). Recorded offenses here came to 136 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 · When sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than both Loiret’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up a quarter of residents. At 45.5, the median resident of Saint-Jean-le-Blanc sits in the middle of the age range.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Jean-le-Blanc | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #18 of 48 in Loiret. The bac pass rate near Saint-Jean-le-Blanc is 91.9%, in line with Loiret’s towns (91.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 103 | 79%−9 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Paul - Bourdon Blanc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 122 | 98%+1 pt |
| Collège André MalrauxBest against expectations: 19 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 96 | 86%+19 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Saint-Jean-le-Blanc. Best known first.
AttractionPont George-V1.9 km northwest, in Orléans
AttractionMusée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans2.1 km northwest, in Orléans
ChurchÉglise Notre-Dame-de-Recouvrance d'Orléans2.3 km northwest, in Orléans
AttractionMusée historique et archéologique de l'Orléanais2.2 km northwest, in Orléans
AttractionHôtel Groslot2.2 km northwest, in OrléansPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
3 notable people were born in Saint-Jean-le-Blanc.
René Dupont: Direction de la rédaction, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jeanne Champillou: Jeanne Champillou, Public domain
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Jean-le-Blanc is a commune of 9,562 people in the Orléans Métropole. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-le-Blanc | 9,562 | — | A− | C− | A− | A |
| Orléans | 116,357 | 0.9 | C | C− | C | B+ |
| Saint-Denis-en-Val | 7,766 | 1.7 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
| Olivet | 23,507 | 2 | A | C− | A− | A |
| Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin | 6,256 | 2.4 | A− | C− | A− | A |
| Saint-Jean-de-Braye | 23,147 | 2.6 | C+ | C | B− | B− |
| Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle | 16,768 | 3 | C+ | B− | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #11 of 43 in Loiret. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns and #18 of 48 in Loiret. The lycée stands out: 98% of 122 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Paul - Bourdon Blanc in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,398/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Jean-le-Blanc grades C− 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 8, 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.