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This town in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire has a population of 1,222.
Housing is within reach (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is walkability — 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on schools: bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.8 points below the expected rate. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre 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 Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre 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.
Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre 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 Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien château, actuellement Musée international de la Chasse, in Gien, 1.9 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Gien3.1 km northwest, in Gien
MuseumMusée de la chasse, histoire et nature en Val de Loire3.1 km northwest, in GienAttractionAttractionChâteau de Saint-Brisson2.7 km east, in Saint-Brisson-sur-LoireMuseumMuseumFaïencerie de Gien3.9 km northwest, in GienPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre.
8.2% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Loiret’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.6% of commuters at the census. Jobs based in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre number 100, against 550 residents in work (0.1 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,220 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.89/m² a month, below both Loiret’s towns (€11.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €7.63/m² a month. Sales in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre from July 2023 to June 2026: 36 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,313/m² | 36 |
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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 77% passed the bac pro, of 190 candidates. The nearest collège is 1.7 mi away. At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre, 86.7% passed the brevet, about level with both Loiret’s towns (85.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Ernest BildsteinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 67 | 96%+7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-François de Sales PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 64 | 92%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 111 residents of Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre died, against 116 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre come to 95 per 100 predicted. In Loiret, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 D to B+.
The share of residents under 15 is 16%. 22% of adults hold a degree, below both Loiret’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). The middle age in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre is 49.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 6 offenses in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre in 2025. Violence against people averaged 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 7.6. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was burglary (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (87.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre yet.
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-Martin-sur-Ocre | 1,222 | — | — | A− | — | C |
| Gien | 13,459 | 2.5 | C− | B+ | C− | C− |
| Briare | 4,911 | 4.3 | C | A− | C | B− |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire | 3,065 | 6.8 | A− | A− | B+ | B− |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire | 2,543 | 11 | — | A− | — | D |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson | 2,559 | 13 | A− | A− | A− | C+ |
| Sully-sur-Loire | 5,124 | 15 | C | A− | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns. 92% of 64 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-François de Sales in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre is a commune of 1,222 people in the Communauté de communes Giennoises. 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.