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A town of 1,453 in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is walkability (D): 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are weaker too (C−) — brevet results 3 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville 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-Georges-Haute-Ville 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-Georges-Haute-Ville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre, in Margerie-Chantagret, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Loire: 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 72 residents of Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville died, against 104 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville is Ch du Forez site de Montbrison, 4.8 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Households’ median disposable income: €27,000 a year per consumption unit. 3.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The jobless rate is 5.7%. Per resident in work, Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville counts 0.2 jobs (100 jobs, 650 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.3 mi off. The nearest collège is 1.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léonard de VinciNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 161 | 84%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,375/m², comes from 31 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,375/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 20%, above Loire’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Typical age in Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville: 43.8, the median. Among adults, 29% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
The police record for Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville lists 10 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.6 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most 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 · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (78.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville yet.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville is a commune of 1,453 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Loire Forez Agglomération. 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
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-Georges-Haute-Ville | 1,453 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| Saint-Romain-le-Puy | 4,142 | 1.4 | A | B+ | A | A+ |
| Montbrison | 16,123 | 4 | A− | B+ | C− | B− |
| Savigneux | 3,509 | 4.1 | A+ | B− | A− | B |
| Sury-le-Comtal | 6,621 | 4.4 | A | A− | B+ | A |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez | 5,116 | 5.2 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Bonson | 4,557 | 6.2 | A | B− | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns. 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 €2,375/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville grades B+ for cost of living.
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 9, 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.