Saint-Félicien’s best grade is for cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 25% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B for jobs & income. Holiday and other second homes account for 15% of homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Félicien 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-Félicien 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 36% of people in Saint-Félicien are 65 or over, more than in Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns
6.1% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Ardèche’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 13%. Saint-Félicien has a median age of 56.7 years.
56.7median age
Saint-FélicienArdèche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer people in Saint-Félicien are out of work than in Ardèche’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.0%
The census found nearly a fifth of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 650 jobs are based in Saint-Félicien, for 400 working residents (1.6 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,940 a year per consumption unit.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot16%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Saint-Félicien, 1.6 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 73% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than Saint-Félicien’s ages would predict, 84 per 100 expected, under Ardèche’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Félicien can choose among 5 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Félicien is Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord, 11 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 321 residents of Saint-Félicien died, against 243 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% more. Average lifespans in Ardèche: 85.9 years for women, 79.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw132
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Saint-Félicien · 5.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord
10.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord
85.9 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardèche, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Félicien keeps more of its old housing than Ardèche’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Félicien, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Félicien
Is Saint-Félicien safe?
Saint-Félicien has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Saint-Félicien
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Félicien is a commune of 1,119 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arche 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
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.
