Saint-Simon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 43% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Simon 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-Simon.
HealthHealth A+
Mortality in Saint-Simon, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Cantal’s towns and compared French towns: 57 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Saint-Simon has 4 family doctors. Average lifespans in Cantal: 84.4 years for women, 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 71 residents of Saint-Simon died, against 125 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 43% fewer.
−43%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw57
Adjusted57
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Simon · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
3.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
84.4 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Cantal, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Saint-Simon has lower unemployment than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 4.1%
After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,590 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Saint-Simon number 200, against 500 residents in work (0.4 per worker). 7.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Cantal’s towns (17.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Saint-Simon, 0.4 per working resident
4.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 33% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Saint-Simon has fewer young adults than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 7.4% are 15 to 24
Children are 16% of the town. 27% of residents are 65 or over, between Cantal’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 35% have a degree.
49.9median age
Saint-SimonCantal medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Saint-Simon: 22% were built before 1919, more than in Cantal’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 4 historic monuments in Saint-Simon; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Houses and mansions, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
94% of candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Monnet-Mermoz, 2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 91% passed the bac pro, of 188 candidates at 2 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Simon, 92.7% passed the bac, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Cantal’s towns (94.9%). The nearest collège is 3.3 mi away.
Église Saint-Sigismond: Photo: Heurtelions · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de la Laubie: Photo: Heurtelions · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château d'Oyez: Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Saint-Simon
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Simon yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Simon
Is Saint-Simon safe?
Saint-Simon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 3.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Saint-Simon
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Simon is a commune of 1,159 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Aurillac Agglomération. 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.
