The weak point is safety (D): an average of 11.8 recorded violent incidents and 27.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Salaise-sur-Sanne grades C− overall, better than 23% of compared French towns, and ranks #73 of 96 in Isère. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for schools, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Salaise-sur-Sanne 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salaise-sur-Sanne.
Safety
For crime per resident, Salaise-sur-Sanne sits above 95% of compared French towns
The police record for Salaise-sur-Sanne lists 169 offenses in 2025. With 4,050 jobs for 1,800 working residents, Salaise-sur-Sanne draws people in from neighbouring communes. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
11.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage48
Burglary25
Theft from vehicles24
Vehicle theft23
Family violence19
Other physical violence19
Sexual violence11
Theft without violence75
Fraud44
Drug use10
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.
11.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
169
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HousingCost of living C+
Median price in Salaise-sur-Sanne: €2,312/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €2,390/m² in Salaise-sur-Sanne, apartments for €1,838/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.95/m² a month, below Isère’s towns (€13.13/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 78% were houses.
€2,312/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Salaise-sur-Sanne€2,312/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,390/m²
109
Apartments
€1,838/m²
31
€11.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.42 to €15.16/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Salaise-sur-Sanne sees fewer deaths than 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Isère, women can expect to live 86.8 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 373 deaths in Salaise-sur-Sanne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 443: 16% below. Also worth knowing: there is one general practitioner here.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Salaise-sur-Sanne · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique des Cotes du Rhone
10.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ardeche Nord
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
1 historic monument in Salaise-sur-Sanne, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Salaise-sur-Sanne is Prieuré de Salaise-sur-Sanne. The pre-1919 share of homes is 4.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
76.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 6.3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #60 of 102 in Isère. The bac pass rate near Salaise-sur-Sanne is 92.7%, in line with Isère’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
96%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
More people in Salaise-sur-Sanne are out of work than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: 12.5%
Half of residents lived on more than €25,190 a year per consumption unit, below Isère’s towns (€27,110) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
4,050
jobs based in Salaise-sur-Sanne, 2.3 per working resident
12.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Salaise-sur-Sanne than in Isère’s towns or across compared French towns: 23% of adults
The share of residents under 15 is 19%. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, above both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Salaise-sur-Sanne is 43.3 years old.
43.3median age
Salaise-sur-SanneIsère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Salaise-sur-Sanne
Is Salaise-sur-Sanne safe?
It grades D for safety, #87 of 96 in Isère. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Salaise-sur-Sanne good?
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #60 of 102 in Isère. The lycée stands out: 95% of 184 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent de l'Édit in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Salaise-sur-Sanne expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Salaise-sur-Sanne grades C+ for cost of living.
About Salaise-sur-Sanne
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Salaise-sur-Sanne is a commune of 4,606 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
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.
