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Some 3,283 people live in this town, in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety is a strength too — an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. All told, that adds up to an A− overall, better than 84% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #11 of 15 in Haute-Loire.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Sainte-Florine 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 one thing Sainte-Florine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Florine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Auzon, 2.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sainte-Florine is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Florine.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,373/m², comes from 136 sales of houses and apartments in Sainte-Florine from July 2023 to June 2026. This Haute-Loire town is the second cheapest of the 24 towns in Haute-Loire, at €1,373/m². The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,405/m² | 133 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Sainte-Florine came to 48 in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (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 · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 10.4% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 380 deaths in Sainte-Florine from 2016 to 2025; there were 418, 10% more. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, higher than both Haute-Loire’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Florine is Centre hospitalier de Brioude, 8.1 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Sainte-Florine can choose among 3 GPs.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
For its 1,300 residents in work, Sainte-Florine has 1,450 jobs: 1.1 each. Public transport took 2.7% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Sainte-Florine didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, near Haute-Loire’s towns (25%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 19% have a degree. Typical age in Sainte-Florine: 47.1, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Florine | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Sainte-Florine is 88.0%, lower than both Haute-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #16 of 19 in Haute-Loire.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marguerite ThomasNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 91%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel François RabelaisNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 25 | 88%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Sainte-Florine. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la mine de Brassac-les-Mines2.8 km northwest, in Brassac-les-MinesMuseumMuseumLa Virée d'Antan - Musée de la Locomotion1.2 km northeast, in Brassac-les-MinesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Florine yet.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sainte-Florine is a commune of 3,283 people in the Communauté de communes Auzon 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Florine | 3,283 | — | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Brassac-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme | 3,412 | 1 | B | A | B− | C |
| Brioude | 6,527 | 8.2 | B− | A | D | B |
| Issoire Puy-de-Dôme | 15,115 | 10 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Vic-le-Comte Puy-de-Dôme | 5,396 | 17 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #8 of 15 in Haute-Loire.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #16 of 19 in Haute-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,373/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sainte-Florine grades A for cost of living.
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.