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The town, home to 65 people, lies in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
There are no grades for Sainte-Colombe: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for half of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 44% of residents.
The 2 things Sainte-Colombe does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Colombe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-Calma, in Lachau, 4.5 mi away.
32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sainte-Colombe 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-Colombe.
Graduates make up 39% of adults. People 65 and over make up 44% of the town, above Hautes-Alpes’ towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Ages in Sainte-Colombe split evenly at 57.7: half are older, half younger.
57% women, 43% men
About 75 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Sainte-Colombe | Hautes-Alpes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 4.8% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.8% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 44% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.5% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Alpes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 15.4% of working residents in Sainte-Colombe didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sainte-Colombe recorded 7 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Sainte-Colombe as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sainte-Colombe is a commune of 65 people in the Communauté de communes du Sisteronais-Buëch. 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-Colombe | 65 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Laragne-Montéglin | 3,549 | 8.3 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Sisteron Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 7,850 | 15 | C+ | B | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 9, 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.