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This town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 1,377. Over-65s are 28% of the population.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes beat most towns (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is walkability (C−) — 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment.
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 and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Germain 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.
The 2 things Saint-Germain does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Germain 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 has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Germain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut, in Ronchamp, 4.2 mi away.
15% 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-Germain.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.55/m² a month, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (€8.86/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €7.91/m² a month. Saint-Germain recorded 45 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,280/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.9% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,250 a year per consumption unit, higher than Haute-Saône’s towns (€22,560) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Saint-Germain didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Saône is 84.7 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 107 deaths in Saint-Germain between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 136: 21% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Germain is Gh Haute Saone site Lure, 3.3 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Degrees are held by 23% of adults, close to Haute-Saône’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). 28% of residents are 65 or over. Ages in Saint-Germain split evenly at 48.2: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Germain | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône 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 Saint-Germain is 92.1%, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and above Haute-Saône’s towns (90.4%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des Mille ÉtangsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 88%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges ColombNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 232 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Albert JacquardBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 155 | 92%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Germain is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Saint-Germain.
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 | 1,377 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Lure | 7,877 | 3.1 | B− | A | D | C− |
| Ronchamp | 2,737 | 4.9 | C+ | A+ | A− | D |
| Champagney | 3,647 | 7 | B | A | A+ | C− |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains | 6,663 | 9.8 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert | 3,764 | 13 | A− | A | A+ | C− |
| Giromagny Territoire de Belfort | 2,907 | 14 | C+ | A | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Germain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. 97% of 232 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Georges Colomb 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 lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Germain grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Germain is a commune of 1,377 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Lure. 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.