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This town in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,663.
Pupils here do better than most: bac results 1.3 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2.6 points above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,119/m² takes 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Bassin d'Aubenas. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Privat 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 one thing Saint-Privat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Privat 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-Privat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Privat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château dit château de Montlaur, in Aubenas, 1.4 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Privat.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Privat, 96.1% passed the bac, above Ardèche’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. A collège lies 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de JastresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 76 | 89%+4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent AstierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 79 | 97%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Marcel GimondBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 50 | 96%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. 31% of residents are 65 or over, above both Ardèche’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of Saint-Privat have a median age of 52.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Privat | Ardèche median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardèche median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
41 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Privat, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,119/m². Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,254/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €25,010 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Ardèche’s towns (€22,735). 11.0% of people in the labour force have no job. No commute at all: 2.9% of working residents in Saint-Privat at the census.
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.
In Ardèche, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 312 deaths in Saint-Privat between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 261: 20% above. Its care home for older people (88 places) counts its residents as Saint-Privat’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. Also worth knowing: this Ardèche town has one family doctor.
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 B+.
The police record for Saint-Privat lists 16 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 3.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.9 (2023–2025 average). 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 · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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 (37.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Privat. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Privat 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-Privat 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-Privat | 1,663 | — | — | B | — | C+ |
| Aubenas | 12,416 | 1.6 | B+ | B | D | A− |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon | 2,920 | 3 | A | C+ | A | B |
| Vals-les-Bains | 3,474 | 3.5 | A− | B | B+ | B+ |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg | 3,031 | 6.6 | C | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Privas | 8,538 | 11 | B− | A− | C | C |
| Chomérac | 3,183 | 13 | — | B | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Privat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 97% of 79 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Astier in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,119/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Privat grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Privat is a commune of 1,663 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin d'Aubenas. 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.