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6,181 people live in this town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
At the median price of €2,236/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Saint-Etienne Métropole. Pupils here do better than most: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. The overall grade comes out at B+, #30 of 48 in Loire. Set against the rest, it does better than 69% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B for health, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Saint-Genest-Lerpt 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-Genest-Lerpt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison dite de François Ier, in Saint-Étienne, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Genest-Lerpt. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne3.7 km east, in Saint-Étienne
MuseumMusée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole3.6 km northeast, in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
MuseumCouriot - Musée de la Mine3.2 km east, in Saint-Étienne
MuseumMusée des transports urbains de Saint-Étienne et sa région3.7 km northeast, in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Industrie de Saint-Étienne4.3 km southeast, in Saint-ÉtienneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Roche-la-Molière2 km southwest, in Roche-la-MolièrePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Genest-Lerpt.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 90% of 621 candidates passed at the 7 vocational lycées within 5 km. The nearest collège is 1.7 mi away. Ranked by results, schools here are #23 of 50 in Loire.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Puits de la LoireNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 83 | 70%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent hôtelier le Renouveau PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 21 | 100% |
| Collège Jules VallèsBest against expectations: 22 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 65 | 94%+22 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than both Loire’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Saint-Genest-Lerpt by age and the one in the middle is 43.2.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Genest-Lerpt | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stands at 8.0%. Jobs based in Saint-Genest-Lerpt number 1,250, against 2,550 residents in work (0.5 per worker). 2.2% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work 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.
In Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Its care home for older people (117 places) counts its residents as Saint-Genest-Lerpt’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 689 residents of Saint-Genest-Lerpt died, against 682 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,236/m², comes from 217 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Genest-Lerpt from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €9.92/m² a month, about level with Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The split here: €2,644/m² for houses, €1,823/m² for apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,644/m² | 105 |
| Apartments | €1,823/m² | 112 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2.4 violent offenses and 18.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie recorded 137 offenses in Saint-Genest-Lerpt in 2025. The commonest graded crime here was burglary (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 and sexual violence, 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, 3.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Genest-Lerpt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Genest-Lerpt.
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-Genest-Lerpt | 6,181 | — | B+ | B− | B− | B |
| Villars | 7,664 | 1.5 | A | B+ | C | A |
| Roche-la-Molière | 9,843 | 1.6 | A− | C+ | B | B+ |
| Saint-Priest-en-Jarez | 6,471 | 2.6 | B+ | C | C− | A |
| Saint-Étienne | 173,136 | 2.8 | C+ | A− | D− | B− |
| L'Étrat | 2,879 | 3.2 | A− | C− | B | A− |
| La Ricamarie | 8,039 | 3.4 | B+ | A | D | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #25 of 48 in Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 49 burglaries and 45 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #23 of 50 in Loire. 100% of 21 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent hôtelier le Renouveau in 2025 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 €2,236/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Genest-Lerpt grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Genest-Lerpt is a commune of 6,181 people in the Saint-Etienne Métropole. 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.