Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 2,127.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,386/m² costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 1.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.6 points below the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. 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.
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.
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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 Château de Beauvoir (ruines), in Beauvoir-en-Royans, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sauveur.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Sauveur is Hopitaux Drome Nord Romans Sur Isere, 17.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 361 residents of Saint-Sauveur died, against 249 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 45% more. Also worth knowing: in Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Sauveur have one GP on hand.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
85.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Sauveur, near Isère’s towns (87.4%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). Vocational results within 5 km: 90% passed the bac pro, of 51 candidates. For collège, the closest is 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le SavouretNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 82%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent La SaulaieNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 219 | 95%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
27% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Isère’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 28% of adults. Half of Saint-Sauveur is older than 50.7, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Sauveur | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
50 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Sauveur, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,386/m². House rents are put at about €9.17/m² a month. Houses accounted for nine in ten sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,571/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 10.6%, above Isère’s towns (8.1%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Saint-Sauveur counts 1.1 jobs (800 jobs, 700 workers). At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Saint-Sauveur didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.2 violent offenses and 12.9 graded property crimes a year. Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Sauveur show 21 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 34.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Saint-Sauveur. Best known first.
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 | 2,127 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| Saint-Marcellin | 7,700 | 1.1 | C+ | B | C− | B− |
| Chatte | 2,518 | 3 | B | B | B− | B |
| Vinay | 4,438 | 5.2 | A+ | B+ | A− | B− |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors | 2,936 | 9.3 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans Drôme | 2,874 | 9.6 | B | B+ | A | C |
| Villard-de-Lans | 4,328 | 12 | A+ | C− | A− | B+ |
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. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns. 95% of 219 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Saulaie in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,386/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Sauveur grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Sauveur is a commune of 2,127 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Marcellin Vercors Isère Communauté. 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.