Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,896 in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Saint-André-de-la-Roche is easy to get around without a car (A): 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its overall B puts it #14 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. Nationally, it does better than 63% of compared French towns. Recorded crime is low (A−): an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag (C+): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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-André-de-la-Roche 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 2 things Saint-André-de-la-Roche does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-André-de-la-Roche: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1975.
4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Saint-André-de-la-Roche has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-André-de-la-Roche.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Saint-André-de-la-Roche sell for €3,936/m², houses for €5,211/m². The estimated advertised rent is €18.66/m² a month, near Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The town recorded 159 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,211/m² | 39 |
| Apartments | €3,936/m² | 120 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €25,820 a year per consumption unit, below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried a tenth of working residents in Saint-André-de-la-Roche to work at the census. At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Saint-André-de-la-Roche didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2025 saw 101 offenses recorded in Saint-André-de-la-Roche. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes 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 · For sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 7.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Alpes-Maritimes live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its care home for older people (77 places) counts its residents as Saint-André-de-la-Roche’s; allowing for it, deaths were 20% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 540 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 496, 8% fewer.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 86% passed the bac pro, of 605 candidates at 5 lycées. Near Saint-André-de-la-Roche, 94.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, in line with Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #18 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maurice JaubertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 74%+7 pts |
| Lycée Guillaume ApollinaireNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 359 | 90%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel VaubanBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 127 | 75%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 18th century. 4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (24%). Graduates make up 29% of adults. At 41.5, the median resident of Saint-André-de-la-Roche sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-André-de-la-Roche | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-André-de-la-Roche. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Matisse2.8 km southwest, in Nice
MuseumMusée Marc-Chagall4.1 km southwest, in Nice
Monastery or conventMonastère de Cimiez2.7 km south, in Nice
MuseumMusée archéologique de Nice-Cimiez2.8 km southwest, in Nice
MuseumMuséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice4.6 km south, in NicePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-André-de-la-Roche yet.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-André-de-la-Roche is a commune of 5,896 people in the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-de-la-Roche | 5,896 | — | B | D− | A− | B+ |
| La Trinité | 10,602 | 1.4 | C− | D | C− | B− |
| Drap | 5,484 | 2.2 | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Villefranche-sur-Mer | 5,008 | 2.8 | C | D− | D | B+ |
| Nice | 357,737 | 2.9 | D | D− | C− | C+ |
| Beaulieu-sur-Mer | 3,874 | 3.1 | B+ | D− | C+ | A |
| Tourrette-Levens | 4,624 | 3.5 | — | D− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #18 of 46 in Alpes-Maritimes. 90% of 359 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Guillaume Apollinaire in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-André-de-la-Roche grades D− for cost of living.
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 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.