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A town of 1,478 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Prim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 46% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Prim 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Prim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Aiguille (pyramide de la Spina du cirque), in Vienne, 6.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Prim. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Prim.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Isère, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 125 deaths in Saint-Prim from 2016 to 2025; there were 67, 46% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Prim is Clinique des Cotes du Rhone, 5.3 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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 32 homes were sold in Saint-Prim. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €12.04/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 91% were houses.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.5% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Isère’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Prim has 200 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.3 per worker. No commute at all: 2.9% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
40% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Isère’s towns (33%) and compared French towns (30%). Under 15: 19% of residents. Half of Saint-Prim is older than 43.2, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Prim | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.6 mi to the nearest one. The nearest general lycée is 5.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les Marronniers PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 59 | 95%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Prim 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-Prim 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-Prim | 1,478 | — | — | C− | — | A+ |
| Saint-Clair-du-Rhône | 3,778 | 0.9 | A− | C+ | A− | A |
| Condrieu Rhône | 3,957 | 1.9 | B+ | C | C | A |
| Ampuis Rhône | 2,769 | 3.5 | A− | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Chavanay Loire | 2,884 | 3.6 | C+ | B− | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Maurice-l'Exil | 6,889 | 3.8 | C | C+ | C+ | B |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon | 6,718 | 5 | C− | B− | D− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Prim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 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 53% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Prim grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Prim is a commune of 1,478 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône. 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 October 30, 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.