School results are strong (A): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. The weak point is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 63% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Florent 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 Saint-Florent 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.
Église Sainte-Marie (ancienne cathédrale de Nebbio): Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruines de la tour de la Mortella: Photo: COLLE M. · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Florent.
HousingCost of living D−
Homes in Saint-Florent cost more than in Haute-Corse’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €4,672/m²
€4,672/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €15.32/m² a month, above Haute-Corse’s towns (€13.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. A house rents for an estimated €9.72/m² a month. The sales split: 21% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Florent€4,672/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Corse median€3,166/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Apartments
€4,701/m²
70
€15.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.42 to €18.89/m² a month)
13.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,020
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Nebbiu - Conca d'Oro
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Schools around Saint-Florent do better than those of 90% of compared French towns
93.0%passed the brevetASchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Florent, 93.0% passed the brevet, about level with Haute-Corse’s towns (94.0%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 6.9 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Saint-Florent gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 23.2% of commuters
23%walk, cycle or take transit
14.6% of the labour force were unemployed, above Haute-Corse’s towns (10.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 900 jobs are based in Saint-Florent, for 700 working residents (1.3 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €24,070 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
On foot21%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
900
jobs based in Saint-Florent, 1.3 per working resident
14.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Florent sees more deaths than 81% of compared French towns
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (19 places) counts its residents as Saint-Florent’s; allowing for it, deaths were 1% above expected. From 2016 to 2025, 247 residents of Saint-Florent died, against 225 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Florent is Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia, 6.3 mi away. The town has 4 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Florent · 7.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
85.5 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Corse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Older residents shape Saint-Florent: 33% are 65 or over, above Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns
53.8median age
6.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below Haute-Corse’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Graduates make up 28% of adults.
Saint-FlorentHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Corse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Saint-Florent has less crime per resident than 62% of compared French towns
5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14.1. Recorded offenses in Saint-Florent came to 21 in 2025. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence17
Fraud11
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.
5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 20.5% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
3 historic monuments in Saint-Florent, 2 classé
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Florent is Église Sainte-Marie (ancienne cathédrale de Nebbio). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments here: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). The protected list starts in the 13th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 2.6% of the housing.
Saint-Florent is a commune of 1,694 people in the Communauté de communes Nebbiu - Conca d'Oro. 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
Population
1,694 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Nebbiu - Conca d'Oro
Département
Haute-Corse (2B)
Région
Corsica
Area
7 sq mi (18.1 km²)
INSEE code
2B298
Saint-Florent’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
