Saverdun grades D overall: better than 8% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,665/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. Its strongest is walkability (B): 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saverdun 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saverdun.
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Saverdun’s ages would predict, 108 per 100 expected, above Ariège’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Saverdun above both Ariège’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 636 residents of Saverdun died, against 504 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+8%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted108
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Saverdun · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chiva site Saint Jean de Verges
14.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chiva site Saint Jean de Verges
84.9 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ariège, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saverdun has more crime per resident than 69% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 115 offenses in the graded categories in Saverdun in 2025. For armed robbery and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.1% of the index here.
12.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage42
Other physical violence25
Family violence16
Burglary16
Sexual violence10
Theft from vehicles6
Theft without violence48
Drug use34
Fraud32
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.
12.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
115
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Saverdun has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.8 for each
14.4% of Saverdun’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 80% drove.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
Public transport7%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,500
jobs based in Saverdun, 0.8 per working resident
13.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saverdun, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Saverdun gets a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,665/m², comes from 166 sales of houses and apartments in Saverdun from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.19/m² a month, above Ariège’s towns (€9.99/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,665/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saverdun€1,665/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ariège median€1,645/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,679/m²
147
€12.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.76 to €15.22/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
11% of residents are 15 to 24 and 21% are 65 or over, against 10% and 27% in the median compared commune of Ariège. 25% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Ariège 25%, France 30%).
44median age
SaverdunAriège medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
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Saverdun’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saverdun
Is Saverdun safe?
It grades C for safety, #7 of 11 in Ariège. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 42 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saverdun good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saverdun expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,665/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saverdun grades C+ for cost of living.
About Saverdun
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Saverdun is a commune of 4,808 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. 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
Population
4,808 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées
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.
