Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,269 in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire.
Semoy has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is schools (C): bac results 1.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.1 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,368/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Orléans Métropole. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Semoy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Semoy 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.
Semoy has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Semoy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Saint-Jean-de-Braye, 2.1 mi away.
3.7% 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 Semoy. Best known first.
AttractionMusée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans4.6 km southwest, in Orléans
AttractionMusée historique et archéologique de l'Orléanais4.9 km southwest, in Orléans
AttractionHôtel Groslot4.6 km southwest, in Orléans
AttractionCampo Santo d'Orléans4.4 km southwest, in Orléans
AttractionThéâtre d'Orléans4.2 km southwest, in OrléansPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Semoy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Semoy comes below both Loiret’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 154 residents of Semoy died, against 234 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% fewer. 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
For Semoy, that is above both Loiret’s towns (€25,190) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 6.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #29 of 48 in Loiret.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CondorcetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 191 | 72%−8 pts |
| Lycée Jacques MonodNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 460 | 93%−4 pts |
| Collège Jean RostandBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 158 | 85%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,368/m², comes from 72 sales of houses and apartments in Semoy from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,362/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Semoy sits above both Loiret’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.1% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Semoy | Loiret median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 42 offenses in the graded categories in Semoy in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and criminal damage, 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, 29.0% of the index here. With 1,950 jobs for 1,400 working residents, Semoy draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
Nothing in Semoy 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 Semoy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semoy | 3,269 | — | — | C | — | A+ |
| Fleury-les-Aubrais | 21,804 | 1.5 | C | C+ | C | B |
| Saint-Jean-de-Braye | 23,147 | 1.7 | C+ | C | B− | B− |
| Saran | 17,316 | 3 | C | C | C− | C+ |
| Orléans | 116,357 | 3.3 | C | C− | C | B+ |
| Saint-Jean-le-Blanc | 9,562 | 3.4 | A− | C− | A− | A |
| Saint-Denis-en-Val | 7,766 | 3.7 | B+ | C− | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Semoy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #29 of 48 in Loiret. 93% of 460 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jacques Monod 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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.38/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Semoy grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Semoy is a commune of 3,269 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.