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With 58 residents, it is a town in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
At under 1,000 residents, Saint-Austremoine is too small for the grades other French towns get. Two fifths of its homes are second homes. 35% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Saint-Austremoine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Austremoine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Cirgues, in Saint-Cirgues, 2.5 mi away.
64% 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-Austremoine.
Among adults, 23% have a degree. People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town, above Haute-Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Half of Saint-Austremoine is older than 56, half younger.
41% women, 59% men
About 70 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Austremoine | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 27% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Saint-Austremoine didn’t travel to work at all. 11.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, between Haute-Loire’s towns (9.7%) and 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.
Saint-Austremoine recorded 3 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Austremoine. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Austremoine 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-Austremoine 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-Austremoine | 58 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Langeac | 3,499 | 6.5 | A+ | A | A− | B |
| Brioude | 6,527 | 12 | B− | A | D | B |
| Saint-Flour Cantal | 6,391 | 15 | A+ | A | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Austremoine is a commune of 58 people in the Communauté de communes des Rives du Haut Allier. 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) · 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.