Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town in Guadeloupe, home to 23,973 people.
Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 24% of its homes are second homes. Homes change hands at a median €3,542/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Sainte-Anne 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 Sainte-Anne 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.
Sainte-Anne has no overall grade because cost of living and walkability aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Sainte-Anne does most differently from other towns.
Sainte-Anne has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
0.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Sainte-Anne before 1900, the earliest Évremond de Bérard, in 1824.
Sainte-Anne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Anne.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 15 general practitioners in Sainte-Anne. Adjusted for age and care homes, Sainte-Anne records 98 deaths per 100 expected, above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 2,157 residents of Sainte-Anne died, against 2,103 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Anne is Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Pointe A Pitre, 9.3 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
In all, 672 offenses reached the police record in Sainte-Anne in 2025. Violence against people ran at 12.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.3 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sainte-Anne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 0.1% 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Sainte-Anne, 98.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #12 of 25 in Guadeloupe.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Eugène YssapNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 176 | 74%−8 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Yves LeborgneNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 319 | 98%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, below compared French towns (30%). At 48.7, the median resident of Sainte-Anne sits in the middle of the age range.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Anne | France median | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (Guadeloupe has none of its own)
5.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Houses sell for €3,584/m² in Sainte-Anne, apartments for €3,411/m². House rents are put at about €15.34/m² a month. 224 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,584/m² | 147 |
| Apartments | €3,411/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Family days out and other places to visit in and near Sainte-Anne. Best known first.
9 notable people were born in Sainte-Anne.
Marius Trésor: Panini, Public domain · Évremond de Bérard: Deferarre, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blaise Aldo: David.dalayrac, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Philippe Fiston: Marine-Bas-du-Fort-IMOCA.jpg : Jukka from HELSINKI, Finland derivative work: Badzil, CC BY 2.0
Commune in Guadeloupe
Sainte-Anne is a commune of 23,973 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Anne | 23,973 | — | — | — | C | C− |
| Le Gosier | 27,757 | 7.2 | — | — | D | C− |
| Saint-François | 13,942 | 7.6 | — | — | D | D− |
| Le Moule | 23,014 | 7.8 | — | — | C | C− |
| Les Abymes | 51,055 | 8.5 | — | — | D− | D |
| Morne-à-l'Eau | 16,228 | 8.7 | — | — | C+ | C− |
| Pointe-à-Pitre | 15,040 | 9.9 | — | — | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #14 of 26 in Guadeloupe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 52 burglaries and 184 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #12 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 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.