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166 people live in this town in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Saint-Benoît is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Just over half of its homes are second homes. 31% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Saint-Benoît does most differently from other towns.
Saint-Benoît has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Benoît.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, near Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (9.2%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 28% of adults. Saint-Benoît has a median age of 54.8 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Benoît | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 10% of the total. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Benoît is Pont de Gueydan sur le Colomp. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
3.1% of Saint-Benoît’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 11.4%, near Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (10.9%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,760 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.
Saint-Benoît recorded 6 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit in and near Saint-Benoît. Best known first.
Saint-Benoît has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Pont de la Reine Jeanne: Photo: Sylvain05 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Benoît yet.
Commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Benoît is a commune of 166 people in the Communauté de communes Alpes-Provence-Verdon - Sources de Lumière. 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) · 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 9, 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.
