Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 6,534 residents in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Saint-Alban’s grades pull in different directions. The town ranks #54 of 85 in Haute-Garonne, with a B− overall. Nationally, it does better than half of compared French towns. Health is its strong suit (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,675/m², so 70 m² costs 7.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Toulouse Métropole. Police record more crime here than in most towns (D): an average of 10.6 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. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Alban 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Alban as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Launaguet, in Launaguet, 2.4 mi away.
0.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Alban.
More of the graded crimes in Saint-Alban were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025). 2025 saw 190 offenses recorded locally.
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 6 general practitioners in Saint-Alban. Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Garonne is 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 532 residents of Saint-Alban died, against 651 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Median disposable income is €25,370 a year for each consumption unit. Jobs located in Saint-Alban: 3,150, for 2,800 residents in work (1.1 each). 2.9% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
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.
177 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Alban, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,675/m². In Saint-Alban, houses go for €2,771/m² and apartments for €2,577/m². Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €11.24/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,771/m² | 139 |
| Apartments | €2,577/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Saint-Alban is 100.0%, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its schools’ results rank #29 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques MaureNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 153 | 89%−3 pts |
| Lycée général privé L'Annonciation PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 78 | 100%±0 pts |
| Collège Jean DieuzaideBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 212 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 33% of adults, lower than Haute-Garonne’s towns (40%) yet higher than compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older. The median resident of Saint-Alban is 43.5 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Alban | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Alban is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Alban yet.
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-Alban | 6,534 | — | B− | C | D | A |
| Castelginest | 11,271 | 1.1 | C+ | C | B+ | B |
| Fonbeauzard | 3,204 | 1.1 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Fenouillet | 5,784 | 1.2 | C− | C | D− | C |
| Aucamville | 9,623 | 1.4 | D | C− | C− | C+ |
| Gagnac-sur-Garonne | 3,198 | 2.1 | A | C | A− | A |
| Lespinasse | 3,251 | 2.1 | A− | C | A− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #76 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 42 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #29 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. 100% of 78 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé L'Annonciation in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,675/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.53/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Alban grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Saint-Alban is a commune of 6,534 people in the Toulouse Métropole. 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 9, 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.