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Home to 2,025 people, this town lies in Gard, Occitanie.
Schools are its strong suit: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. The weak point is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (C+): 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Sauveterre 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.
Each subject compares Sauveterre 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.
Sauveterre 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 Sauveterre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour du château, in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, 2.9 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Sauveterre. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sauveterre.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Sauveterre is 99.0%, above Gard’s towns (94.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ValéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 94%+2 pts |
| Lycée Jean VilarNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 417 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 92% were houses. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €12.32/m² a month. 53 houses and apartments changed hands in Sauveterre from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,271/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Sauveterre is Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut, 7 mi away. 128 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 169: 24% below. Average lifespans in Gard: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 B− to A.
Jobs based in Sauveterre number 300, against 900 residents in work (0.3 per worker). The unemployment rate comes to 9.0%. At the census, 6.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Gard’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are nearly a fifth of the town. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9%.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Sauveterre | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Sauveterre is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Sauveterre.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauveterre | 2,025 | — | — | D | — | A− |
| Pujaut | 3,982 | 1.5 | A | D | A | A− |
| Roquemaure | 5,529 | 2.1 | C | C | C− | C |
| Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | 13,148 | 3.7 | A− | D | B+ | A |
| Sorgues Vaucluse | 19,006 | 3.9 | D | C | C− | C |
| Les Angles | 8,908 | 4.7 | B+ | D | B− | A− |
| Bédarrides Vaucluse | 5,671 | 5.1 | D | C | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sauveterre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.00/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sauveterre grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Sauveterre is a commune of 2,025 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA). 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 October 30, 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.