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Population 1,312: a town in Gard, Occitanie.
Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most (D−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 15.8% unemployment. It lags on walkability as well (C): 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B− for health.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Nazaire 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-Nazaire does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Nazaire 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-Nazaire has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Nazaire as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Pierre, in Vénéjan, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Nazaire.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.73/m² a month, lower than both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Saint-Nazaire from July 2023 to June 2026: 35 houses and apartments. The sales split: 49% houses, the rest apartments.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €22,530 a year per consumption unit, below both Gard’s towns (€24,880) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.1% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 23% have a degree. People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, below Gard’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Half the people of Saint-Nazaire are older than 41.8.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Nazaire | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 2.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Jean PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 95%+4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Albert EinsteinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 389 | 98%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
91 deaths in Saint-Nazaire between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 104: 13% below. At birth, a girl in Gard can expect 85.7 years and a boy 80.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Nazaire is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze, 2.7 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Nazaire. Best known first.
Art galleryMusée Léon-Alègre3.7 km south, in Bagnols-sur-Cèze
MuseumMusée Albert André4 km south, in Bagnols-sur-CèzeChâteauChâteauManoir de Maransan2.9 km southeast, in Bagnols-sur-CèzeManor houseManor houseHôtel Mallet4 km south, in Bagnols-sur-CèzeMuseumMuseumEspace Rabelais – centre oenotouristique4 km south, in Bagnols-sur-CèzeAttractionAttractionGicon4.6 km southeast, in ChusclanPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Saint-Nazaire is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Nazaire as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-Nazaire | 1,312 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze | 18,112 | 2.7 | C+ | B | C | C |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit | 10,958 | 4.1 | B− | B− | B− | C+ |
| Mondragon Vaucluse | 3,833 | 5.6 | D | C+ | B | C+ |
| Mornas Vaucluse | 2,569 | 5.8 | D− | C+ | D− | B− |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise | 6,835 | 6.7 | A− | C+ | A | B |
| Piolenc Vaucluse | 5,718 | 7.1 | C | B− | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Nazaire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 12.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 389 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Albert Einstein 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Nazaire grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Saint-Nazaire is a commune of 1,312 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Gard Rhodanien. 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 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.