Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin’s overall grade is A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #10 of 43 in Loiret. Its strongest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin.
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin’s ages would predict, 68 per 100 expected, under Loiret’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 695 deaths in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin from 2016 to 2025; there were 558, 20% fewer. Life expectancy in Loiret: 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: 5 GPs practise locally.
−32%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted68
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru D Orleans Hopital de la Source
3.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chru D Orleans Hopital de la Source
85.4 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loiret, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin run higher than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns: a median €28,310 a year per consumption unit
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 17.3% of commuters at the census. For its 2,650 residents in work, Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin has 1,400 jobs: 0.5 each.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport8%
Bicycle5%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,400
jobs based in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin, 0.5 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin runs lower than in 78% of compared French towns
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin. The police record for Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin lists 94 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.5 (2023–2025 average).
3.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage34
Burglary25
Family violence16
Theft from vehicles14
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence31
Fraud28
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.
3.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
94
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (4.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin than in Loiret’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.60/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
184 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,414/m². A house in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin goes for €2,497/m², an apartment for €2,061/m². Houses made up 77% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,414/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin€2,414/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loiret median€1,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,497/m²
142
Apartments
€2,061/m²
42
€13.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.54 to €16.04/m² a month)
6.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Orléans Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1995
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1995. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 5.2% of the housing.
2historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit2
16th c.
oldest protected part
1998
first monument protected
1995
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
More people in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin hold a degree than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns: 42%
Children under 15 make up 19%, near Loiret’s towns (18%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 24% of the town. Line up the people of Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin by age and the one in the middle is 43.4.
43.4median age
Saint-Pryvé-Saint-MesminLoiret medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education42%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
89.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the 16 collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin, 93.5% passed the bac, higher than Loiret’s towns (91.9%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.1 mi away. School results put the town #13 of 48 in Loiret.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin
Is Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin safe?
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 43 in Loiret. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin good?
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns and #13 of 48 in Loiret. 94% of 446 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Charles Péguy in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,414/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin grades C− for cost of living.
About Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin is a commune of 6,256 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
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.
