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A town of 17,316 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Saran grades C overall: better than 27% of compared French towns, and #36 of 43 in Loiret. Its weakest subject is safety (C−): an average of 11.5 recorded violent incidents and 17.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,249/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Orléans Métropole. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Saran does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saran 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saran as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel Tassin de Montcour, in Orléans, 2.9 mi away.
2.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Saran. Best known first.
AttractionMusée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans4.8 km south, in Orléans
AttractionMusée historique et archéologique de l'Orléanais4.9 km south, in Orléans
AttractionHôtel Groslot4.8 km south, in Orléans
AttractionHôtel des Créneaux4.9 km south, in OrléansAttractionAttractionChâteau de l'étangin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saran.
On this, Saran is above both Loiret’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saran has 13,900 jobs for 6,350 working residents, 2.2 per worker. At the census, 18.7% 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 496 offenses in the graded categories in Saran in 2025. Saran comes 41st of the 43 compared towns in Loiret on the Safety Grade. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.1% of the index here.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,249/m², comes from 425 sales of houses and apartments in Saran from July 2023 to June 2026. In Saran, houses go for €2,315/m² and apartments for €1,899/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.07/m² a month, above Loiret’s towns (€11.99/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,315/m² | 337 |
| Apartments | €1,899/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Saran comes below both Loiret’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 20% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saran | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,663 residents of Saran died, against 1,537 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. Its two care homes for older people (277 places) count their residents as Saran’s; allowing for them, deaths were 10% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #16 of 48 in Loiret.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège MontjoieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 153 | 86%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Benjamin FranklinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 428 | 90%−3 pts |
| 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
Nothing in Saran is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saran as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saran | 17,316 | — | C | C | C− | C+ |
| Fleury-les-Aubrais | 21,804 | 1.6 | C | C+ | C | B |
| Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle | 16,768 | 2.3 | C+ | B− | C+ | B− |
| Ingré | 10,062 | 3 | B+ | C | B | A− |
| Semoy | 3,269 | 3 | — | C | — | A+ |
| Ormes | 4,376 | 3.1 | A | C− | A+ | B+ |
| Orléans | 116,357 | 3.6 | C | C− | C | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #41 of 43 in Loiret. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 48 burglaries and 126 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #16 of 48 in Loiret. 90% of 428 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Benjamin Franklin 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.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,249/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saran grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Saran is a commune of 17,316 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
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 October 30, 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.