FrançaisGuest, Sign inJoin
France›Aveyron›Occitanie

Saint-SantinAveyron

Some 514 people live in this town, in Aveyron, Occitanie.

Is Saint-Santin a good place to live?

Saint-Santin has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 14% of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are 31% of the population.

What makes Saint-Santin stand out

The 2 things Saint-Santin does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Saint-Santin’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Santin’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Santin

The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Santin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Selves, in Conques-en-Rouergue, 4 mi away.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Santin.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Saint-Santin than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 10% are under 15

16% of adults hold a degree, below both Aveyron’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 31% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.1% of the population.

53.2median age
Saint-SantinAveyron medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Santin
Saint-SantinAveyron medianFrance median
Under 1510%14%17%
15–248.1%8.9%11%
25–4418%21%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+31%30%22%
No diploma22%19%19%
CAP or BEP34%26%26%
Baccalauréat20%20%18%
Higher education16%29%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Saint-Santin are out of work than in Aveyron’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.9%

At the census, 7.6% of commuters got to work without a car. For its 250 residents in work, Saint-Santin has 100 jobs: 0.5 each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,260 a year per consumption unit.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Santin, 0.5 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Saint-Santin costs less than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.41/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 20 homes were sold in Saint-Santin.

€7.41/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Santin€7.41/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aveyron median€9.38/m²
€7.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.90 to €9.31/m² a month)
€6.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Le Petit Theatre de Pierre-Marie and 4 more in and around Saint-Santin

Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Saint-Santin. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Santin

12pages on Saint-Santin

Landmarks

Nothing in Saint-Santin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Saint-Santin

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Santin yet.

How we find them →

Saint-Santin’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Aveyron →
DecazevilleAubinCapdenac-GareFigeacDecazevilleAubinCapdenac-GareFigeacSaint-Santin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Santin514—————
Decazeville5,0205.8CACC
Aubin3,4447.6BA+A+C+
Capdenac-Gare4,44010AAC+B
Figeac Lot9,79311C+B−DC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saint-Santin

Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie

Saint-Santin is a commune of 514 people in the Communauté de communes Decazeville Communauté. 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
514 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Decazeville Communauté
Département
Aveyron (12)
Région
Occitanie
Area
8.9 sq mi (23.1 km²)
INSEE code
12246

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.