Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 27% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is another plus — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for walkability (D−) — 40% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Second homes make up 15% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Romain-Lachalm 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-Romain-Lachalm 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Saint-Romain-Lachalm is harder to get around on foot than 96% of compared French towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
Per resident in work, Saint-Romain-Lachalm counts 0.7 jobs (400 jobs, 550 workers). At the census, 3.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Loire’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 5.4% are unemployed.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
400
jobs based in Saint-Romain-Lachalm, 0.7 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 4% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Saint-Romain-Lachalm’s ages would predict, 68 per 100 expected, under Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
−32%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Romain-Lachalm is Centre hospitalier de Firminy, 8.6 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 86 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 59, 32% fewer. Average lifespans in Haute-Loire: 85.7 years for women, 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw68
Adjusted68
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Romain-Lachalm · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Firminy
8.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Firminy
85.7 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Few people in Saint-Romain-Lachalm are 65 or over: 16%, below Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
41.5median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, lower than both Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. Degrees are held by 32% of adults.
Saint-Romain-LachalmHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 110 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-Romain-Lachalm: 25% were built before 1919, more than in both Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Romain-Lachalm; none is classé, France’s top protection. The protected list starts in the 15th century.
Saint-Romain-Lachalm is a commune of 1,154 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Pays du Velay Communauté. 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
1,154 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haut Pays du Velay Communauté
Département
Haute-Loire (43)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
7.6 sq mi (19.6 km²)
INSEE code
43223
Saint-Romain-Lachalm’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Romain-Lachalm
Is Saint-Romain-Lachalm safe?
Saint-Romain-Lachalm has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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