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It is a town of 2,416 residents in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,566/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Rhône Crussol.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Georges-les-Bains 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.
The 2 things Saint-Georges-les-Bains does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Georges-les-Bains 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-Georges-les-Bains 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-Georges-les-Bains as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Grotte de Néron, in Soyons, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Saint-Georges-les-Bains. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Georges-les-Bains.
Unemployment stood at 7.5%, lower than both Ardèche’s towns (13.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 3.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Saint-Georges-les-Bains has 250 jobs for 1,100 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Ardèche: 85.9 years for women, 79.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 149 deaths in Saint-Georges-les-Bains between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 186: 20% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Georges-les-Bains is Centre hospitalier de Valence, 5.8 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
66 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Georges-les-Bains, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,566/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.71/m² a month, between Ardèche’s towns (€10.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €11.16/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,686/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, above Ardèche’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.3%. The 65-and-over age group makes up 22% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Georges-les-Bains | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Saint-Georges-les-Bains. Its tally for 2025: 16 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2.2 violent offenses and 6.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (34.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Georges-les-Bains 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-Georges-les-Bains 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-Georges-les-Bains | 2,416 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Charmes-sur-Rhône | 3,143 | 1.1 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Portes-lès-Valence Drôme | 10,477 | 3.2 | D | C | C | B− |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône Drôme | 5,468 | 3.7 | B− | C+ | B− | B |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône | 4,854 | 3.8 | C | B+ | C− | C |
| Livron-sur-Drôme Drôme | 9,329 | 5.4 | C− | B− | C | C |
| Saint-Péray | 7,580 | 5.8 | A− | C+ | A− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Georges-les-Bains has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,566/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Georges-les-Bains grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Georges-les-Bains is a commune of 2,416 people in the Communauté de communes Rhône Crussol. 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 November 4, 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.