Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
13,942 residents make their home in this town in Guadeloupe.
Schools do well (B+): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on safety — an average of 15.9 recorded violent incidents and 22.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 22.0% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-François has no overall grade because cost of living and walkability aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-François 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-François has no overall grade because cost of living and walkability aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Saint-François does most differently from other towns.
Saint-François has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
0.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Théodore Lacascade, born in 1841, is the one person born in Saint-François before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Saint-François has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Moulin de Chassaing: Photo: Aristoi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-François.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Saint-François has 16 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Saint-François is Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Pointe A Pitre, 16.7 mi away. 1,195 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 985: 21% above. Life expectancy in Guadeloupe: 84.7 years for women and 78.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Saint-François. Over 2025, Saint-François logged 538 recorded offenses.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 6.3 mi to the nearest lycée. Its collèges and lycées rank #6 of 25 in Guadeloupe on results. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Alexandre MacalNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 147 | 84%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-François; none is classé, France’s top protection. 0.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 16%, lower than compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. The age that splits Saint-François in two is 48.1.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
| Saint-François | France median | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (Guadeloupe has none of its own)
6.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Saint-François didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.86/m² a month, higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). No town in Guadeloupe costs more to buy into than Saint-François, at €4,880/m², the highest of 21. In Saint-François, houses go for €4,378/m² and apartments for €5,070/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,378/m² | 218 |
| Apartments | €5,070/m² | 315 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-François. Best known first.
4 notable people were born in Saint-François.
Théodore Lacascade: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Commune in Guadeloupe
Saint-François is a commune of 13,942 people in the Communauté d'agglomération La Riviera du Levant. 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
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-François | 13,942 | — | — | — | D | D− |
| Le Moule | 23,014 | 7.2 | — | — | C | C− |
| Sainte-Anne | 23,973 | 7.6 | — | — | C | C− |
| Morne-à-l'Eau | 16,228 | 13 | — | — | C+ | C− |
| Le Gosier | 27,757 | 15 | — | — | D | C− |
| Les Abymes | 51,055 | 15 | — | — | D− | D |
| Petit-Canal | 8,212 | 17 | — | — | C+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #22 of 26 in Guadeloupe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 192 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #6 of 25 in Guadeloupe. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 8, 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.
