Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,476 residents, it is a town in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Cyr’s strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,662/m² takes 7.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Annonay Rhône Agglo. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C−): 66% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Cyr has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Cyr 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.
Saint-Cyr has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Cyr as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont suspendu sur la Cance dit Pont du Moulin (ancien), in Quintenas, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Saint-Cyr. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Papeteries Canson et Montgolfier4.5 km west, in Davézieux
Manor houseChâteau de Déomas4.9 km west, in AnnonayZooZooSafari de Peaugres2.7 km northwest, in PeaugresMonastery or conventMonastery or conventMonastère de Colombier-le-Cardinal2.1 km north, in Colombier-le-CardinalChâteauChâteauChâteau des Célestins2 km north, in Colombier-le-CardinalPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Cyr.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 66 residents of Saint-Cyr died, against 94 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% fewer. In Ardèche, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
The median disposable income was €26,720 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Ardèche’s towns (€22,735). For its 700 residents in work, Saint-Cyr has 250 jobs: 0.3 each. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.4% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below both Ardèche’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.8% of residents. The middle age in Saint-Cyr is 41.7.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Cyr | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Cyr, 95.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Ardèche’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away. At the two general lycées, 97% of 642 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la LombardièreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 90 | 83%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Denis PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 350 | 99%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Boissy d'AnglasBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 64 | 91%+7 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 estimated advertised rent is €10.54/m² a month, about level with Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 93% of what sold. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.15/m² a month.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Cyr 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 Saint-Cyr 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-Cyr | 1,476 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Davézieux | 3,205 | 1.7 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay | 2,725 | 1.9 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Annonay | 17,274 | 3.2 | B+ | A | C− | B |
| Roiffieux | 2,743 | 4 | — | A− | — | A |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Drôme | 7,001 | 5.3 | D | B | D | C |
| Saint-Vallier Drôme | 4,027 | 6.1 | C+ | A | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Cyr has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 350 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Denis in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Cyr grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Cyr is a commune of 1,476 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) · 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.