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Some 131 people live in this town, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Sausses out for now. Second homes make up 41% of its housing. It skews older: 38% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Sausses does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sausses as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont de Gueydan sur le Colomp, in Saint-Benoît, 2.7 mi away.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sausses.
The median resident of Sausses is 56.5 years old.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Sausses | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 3.7% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median and France median: the median of compared communes
12.5% of people in the labour force have no job. The median disposable income was €23,420 a year per consumption unit, near Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (€24,070) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.0% of working residents in Sausses didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
12 houses and apartments changed hands in Sausses from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up three quarters of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Sausses 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 Sausses as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sausses is a commune of 131 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.