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A town of 4,323 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Savin grades A− overall: better than 82% of compared French towns, and #18 of 96 in Isère. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Saint-Savin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Savin 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 2 historic monuments in Saint-Savin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1933.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Savin. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Savin.
No compared town in Isère has less graded crime per resident than Saint-Savin: it ranks first of 96. Police and gendarmerie recorded 40 offenses locally in 2025. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Saint-Savin (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 15.1% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €13.20/m² a month. Houses were 96% of what sold. The market in Saint-Savin: 120 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,838/m² | 115 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
After tax and benefits, the median income is €29,730 a year per consumption unit. 850 jobs are based in Saint-Savin, for 2,100 working residents (0.4 per worker). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.2% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 254 residents of Saint-Savin died, against 319 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. Life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 2 GPs practise locally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Children under 15 make up 19%, above Isère’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up just over a third of adults. At 43.8, the median resident of Saint-Savin sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Savin | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 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.
General-bac pupils go 3.4 mi to the nearest lycée. School results put the town #35 of 102 in Isère. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Frédéric DardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 98%+5 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jean-Claude AubryNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 139 | 81%±0 pts |
| Collège Pré BénitBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 215 | 87%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Savin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The list names few of Saint-Savin’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Demptézieu: Photo: O.DUC · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Savin as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-Savin | 4,323 | — | A− | C− | A | B+ |
| Saint-Chef | 3,921 | 2.5 | A+ | B− | A− | A |
| Ruy-Montceau | 4,805 | 2.8 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu | 30,151 | 3 | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Nivolas-Vermelle | 2,706 | 4.4 | — | C− | — | B |
| L'Isle-d'Abeau | 17,515 | 4.6 | D | C− | D | B+ |
| Cessieu | 3,259 | 5 | — | C− | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #1 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #35 of 102 in Isère. At the three collèges (Collège Frédéric Dard, Collège Savaldor Allende and Collège Pré Bénit), 88.7% passed the brevet, 4.8 points above the expected rate. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.07/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Savin grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Savin is a commune of 4,323 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère (CAPI). 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.