At under 1,000 residents, Saint-Front is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 42% of homes. The median price paid is €1,600/m². Over-65s are 29% of the population.
What makes Saint-Front stand out
The 3 things Saint-Front does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Front.
Who lives here
Saint-Front has fewer young adults than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. 29% of residents are 65 or over, above Haute-Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Half of Saint-Front is older than 54.6, half younger.
54.6median age
Saint-FrontHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Saint-Front: 25% were built before 1919, more than in both Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Front is Église Saint-Front. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments here: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Saint-Front has lower unemployment than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5%
Half of residents lived on more than €23,960 a year per consumption unit, below Haute-Loire’s towns (€25,730) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 100 jobs are based in Saint-Front, for 150 working residents (0.5 per worker). At the census, just over a tenth of working residents in Saint-Front didn’t travel to work at all.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot10%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Front, 0.5 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Église Saint-Front: Photo: Pat343434 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ferme de Bigorre: Photo: Albatros69 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix de la fin du 16e siècle: Photo: Pat343434 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Saint-Front
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Front yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Saint-Front
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Front is a commune of 410 people in the Communauté de communes Mézenc-Loire-Meygal. 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
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.
