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A town in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 1,920 people.
Saint-Sauveur’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are weaker too — bac results 4.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.3 points below the expected rate. It also trails on jobs & income: 1.4 jobs per working resident; 10.2% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Sauveur 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 3 things Saint-Sauveur does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Sauveur 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-Sauveur 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-Sauveur as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye Saint-Colomban, in Luxeuil-les-Bains, 0.9 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Sauveur. Best known first.
ChurchBasilique Saint-Pierre1.6 km north, in Luxeuil-les-Bains
MuseumTour des échevins1.7 km north, in Luxeuil-les-BainsChurchChurchÉglise Saint-Martin de Luxeuil-les-Bains1.7 km north, in Luxeuil-les-BainsAttractionAttractionHôtel Pusel1.6 km north, in Luxeuil-les-BainsAttractionAttractionHôtel Thiadot1.6 km north, in Luxeuil-les-BainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sauveur.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 167 residents of Saint-Sauveur died, against 151 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. Average lifespans in Haute-Saône: 84.7 years for women, 78.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Sauveur is Gh Haute Saone site Luxeuil, 1.4 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.66/m² a month, about level with Haute-Saône’s towns (€8.86/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 90% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 62 homes were sold in Saint-Sauveur.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,026/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Sauveur, 82.7% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Haute-Saône’s towns (82.8%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). The bac pro: 74% of 91 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Colomban PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 57 | 93%+5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent LumièreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 188 | 93%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 10.2%, below Haute-Saône’s towns (15.0%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €23,540 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 3.7% of working residents in Saint-Sauveur at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up a fifth of adults. Children under 15 make up 13%, below Haute-Saône’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Typical age in Saint-Sauveur: 44.1, the median.
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Sauveur | Haute-Saône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Saône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Sauveur is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Sauveur yet.
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-Sauveur | 1,920 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains | 6,663 | 1.1 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert | 3,764 | 6 | A− | A | A+ | C− |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse | 2,814 | 7.7 | B− | A+ | A | D− |
| Lure | 7,877 | 9.7 | B− | A | D | C− |
| Le Val-d'Ajol Vosges | 3,885 | 10 | A− | A+ | A | D |
| Ronchamp | 2,737 | 13 | C+ | A+ | A− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Sauveur has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns. 93% of 188 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Lumière in 2025, 3 points below 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-Sauveur grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Sauveur is a commune of 1,920 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Luxeuil. 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.