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It is a town of 3,432 residents in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Germain-Laprade’s strongest is jobs & income: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,944/m² costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay. Walkability is its weak spot — 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes change hands at a median €1,944/m².
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Germain-Laprade has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Saint-Germain-Laprade does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Germain-Laprade 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.
Saint-Germain-Laprade has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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Saint-Germain-Laprade has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1907.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Germain-Laprade.
2.5% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Median disposable income comes to €26,880 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Saint-Germain-Laprade didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #3 of 19 in Haute-Loire on results. The closest collège is 2.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La Chartreuse PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 79 | 97%+2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé La Chartreuse Paradis PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 141 | 99%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé La Chartreuse - Paradis PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 36 | 92%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.11/m² a month, close to Haute-Loire’s towns (€8.91/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.49/m² a month. 73 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Germain-Laprade from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,958/m² | 70 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 213 residents of Saint-Germain-Laprade died, against 254 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. Adjusted mortality locally: 84 deaths for every 100 expected. Average lifespans in Haute-Loire: 85.7 years for women, 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Haute-Loire town has 4 family doctors.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Germain-Laprade is Église Saint-Germain. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 6.1% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 17%, above Haute-Loire’s towns (16%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Ages in Saint-Germain-Laprade split evenly at 47.9: half are older, half younger. Those 65 and older account for 23% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Germain-Laprade | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
In all, 18 offenses reached the police record in Saint-Germain-Laprade in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.2 cases of violence against people and 4 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Family violence topped the graded crimes in Saint-Germain-Laprade (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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (26.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Saint-Germain-Laprade. Best known first.
Saint-Germain-Laprade has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
One notable person was born in Saint-Germain-Laprade.
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-Germain-Laprade | 3,432 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Brives-Charensac | 4,244 | 2.1 | A | A− | B+ | B |
| Coubon | 3,140 | 3.3 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Chadrac | 2,542 | 3.5 | — | B | — | A− |
| Le Puy-en-Velay | 18,540 | 3.7 | B | A− | D | C |
| Vals-près-le-Puy | 3,395 | 4.5 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel | 3,585 | 4.9 | A+ | A− | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Germain-Laprade has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #3 of 19 in Haute-Loire. 99% of 141 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé La Chartreuse Paradis in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Germain-Laprade grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Germain-Laprade is a commune of 3,432 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay. 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 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.