Saint-Savin has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 32% of its housing. It skews older: 30% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Saint-Savin stand out
The 2 things Saint-Savin does most differently from other towns.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Piétat: Photo: Herbythyme · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Savin.
Who lives here
Few people in Saint-Savin are 15 to 24: 6.4%, fewer than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and across compared French towns
53.8median age
Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, near Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up just over two in five adults.
Saint-SavinHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education41%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Saint-Savin keeps more of its old housing than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
2 of the 3 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Savin is Église Saint-Savin. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). The protected list starts in the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Saint-Savin has lower unemployment than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 3.4%
9%walk, cycle or take transit
Saint-Savin holds 50 jobs; 150 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. 9.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The median disposable income is €25,690 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Saint-Savin, 0.4 per working resident
3.4%
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
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate
96%passed the bac (general and technological)
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Savin, 96.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.4 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Housing
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Saint-Savin is €10.05/m² a month
€10.05/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €8.36/m² a month. Houses accounted for 60% of sales, apartments for the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 10 homes were sold in Saint-Savin.
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Saint-Savin€10.05/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€10.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.42 to €12.00/m² a month)
€8.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Saint-Savin is a commune of 364 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. 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
364 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
1.5 sq mi (3.9 km²)
INSEE code
65396
Saint-Savin’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
