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A town of 1,348 in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Clair has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 26% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Clair 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Clair, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1967.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Saint-Clair. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Papeteries Canson et Montgolfier2.6 km south, in Davézieux
Manor houseChâteau de Déomas2.5 km south, in AnnonayZooZooSafari de Peaugres2.9 km east, in PeaugresChâteauChâteauDomaine de Marc Seguin2.1 km southwest, in AnnonayMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent Sainte-Marie d'Annonay4.2 km south, in AnnonayPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Clair.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Ardèche can expect 85.9 years and a boy 79.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 102 deaths in Saint-Clair from 2016 to 2025; there were 59, 42% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Clair is Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord, 2.6 mi away.
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.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €30,520 a year per consumption unit. 350 jobs are based in Saint-Clair, for 650 working residents (0.5 per worker). At the census, 4.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Ardèche’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Near Saint-Clair, 94.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Ardèche’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 1.8 mi to the nearest one. At the two general lycées, 97% of 642 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les PerrièresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 161 | 75%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Boissy d'AnglasNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 292 | 95%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Basile PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 146 | 100%+4 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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €11.15/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 28 homes in Saint-Clair.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when 5.6% of homes were built. Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
19% are under 15, higher than both Ardèche’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 40% of adults. Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Clair | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
The commonest graded crime in Saint-Clair was burglary (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 9.3. Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Clair show 5 offenses in 2025.
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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 55.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Clair has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Gourdan: Photo: François Bassaget · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Clair 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Clair | 1,348 | — | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Davézieux | 3,205 | 1.8 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Annonay | 17,274 | 2.4 | B+ | A | C− | B |
| Roiffieux | 2,743 | 3.8 | — | A− | — | A |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay | 2,725 | 4 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Bourg-Argental Loire | 2,886 | 5.9 | A+ | A | B+ | B |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Drôme | 7,001 | 7.1 | D | B | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Clair has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Clair is a commune of 1,348 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Annonay Rhône Agglo. 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 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.