Strong across the board. Its strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are a strength too (A−): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 4.5 points above the expected rate. The overall grade comes out at A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Saint-Flour 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 Saint-Flour.
History
Saint-Flour is rich in protected monuments: 52 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Cantal’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
12% of homes date from before 1919. Since 2005, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Flour is Ancienne église Notre-Dame.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A
The median sale price of homes in Saint-Flour is €1,421/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Saint-Flour, houses go for €1,545/m² and apartments for €1,323/m². The estimated advertised rent is €9.23/m² a month, near Cantal’s towns (€9.36/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 58% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,421/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Flour€1,421/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Cantal median€1,411/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,545/m²
97
Apartments
€1,323/m²
70
€9.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.05 to €12.08/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Saint-Flour Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Exam results around Saint-Flour beat 83% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 91% of 35 candidates passed the bac pro. 96.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Flour, about level with Cantal’s towns (95.0%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
97%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
On foot, Saint-Flour works better than four in five compared French towns
For its 2,650 residents in work, Saint-Flour has 5,350 jobs: 2 each. The median disposable income was €24,050 a year per consumption unit, about level with Cantal’s towns (€24,340) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 4.3% of working residents in the town at the census.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot14%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,350
jobs based in Saint-Flour, 2 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% 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-Flour’s ages would predict, 79 per 100 expected, under Cantal’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Cantal: 84.4 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 848 residents of Saint-Flour died, against 827 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. There are 8 general practitioners in the town.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Saint-Flour · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Flour
0.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Flour
84.4 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Cantal, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Flour skews young, with 12% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in both Cantal’s towns and compared French towns
28% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 13%, close to Cantal’s towns (12%) and below compared French towns (17%). At 48.5, the median resident of Saint-Flour sits in the middle of the age range.
48.5median age
Saint-FlourCantal medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Per resident, Saint-Flour sees less crime than 64% of compared French towns
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 9.1 violent offenses and 9.4 graded property crimes a year. In 2025, 110 offenses were recorded in Saint-Flour. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
9.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage40
Family violence24
Other physical violence23
Sexual violence8
Theft from vehicles8
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud29
Drug use25
Theft without violence20
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.
9.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
110
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 1.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Pierre Laurent Buirette de Belloy: Unidentified painter, Public domain · Joseph Bernet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Albert Baduel: unknwon, before 1900, Public domain · Anne-Lise Rousset: Alexis Martín from España, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bernard Delcros: User:Bernard Delcros, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Charles Bos: Henri Ernest Édouard Antoine Ladrey (18??-19??), Public domain
Questions about Saint-Flour
Is Saint-Flour safe?
It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 40 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Flour good?
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. 97% of 118 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent de Haute Auvergne in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Flour expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Flour grades A for cost of living.
About Saint-Flour
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Flour is a commune of 6,391 people in the Saint-Flour 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
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.
