Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
6,563 people live in this town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Good on most counts; one lags. Health is a strength (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are a strength too: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 3.1 points above the expected rate. The drawback is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes an A−, good for #17 of 48 in Loire. Set against the rest, it does better than 85% of compared French towns.
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.
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-Jean-Bonnefonds 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-Jean-Bonnefonds as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monument aux morts, in Saint-Étienne, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds 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-Jean-Bonnefonds.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 611 deaths in Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds from 2016 to 2025; there were 542, 11% fewer. This Loire town has 3 family doctors.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 89% of 564 candidates passed at the 7 vocational lycées within 5 km. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away. Ranked by results, schools here are #19 of 50 in Loire.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Aristide BriandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 93 | 83%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent La Salésienne PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 47 | 100%+2 pts |
| 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
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.3 violent offenses and 14.9 graded property crimes a year. For 2025, the figures show 130 offenses in Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (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 sexual violence and armed robbery, 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, 3.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Median disposable income comes to €27,080 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 1.7% of working residents in Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds at the census. The jobless rate is 9.1%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds goes for €2,391/m², an apartment for €1,849/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.10/m² a month, above Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €10.55/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,391/m² | 99 |
| Apartments | €1,849/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by a third of adults. Half of Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds is older than 45.2, half younger. The 65-and-over age group makes up 24% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne4.7 km west, in Saint-Étienne
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Industrie de Saint-Étienne5 km southwest, in Saint-Étienne
MuseumLa Rotonde4.3 km southwest, in Saint-ÉtienneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Nantasin townGardenGardenClos Vicanin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds is a commune of 6,563 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
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-Jean-Bonnefonds | 6,563 | — | A− | C | B+ | A− |
| La Talaudière | 7,133 | 1.9 | B | C− | C | B+ |
| Saint-Étienne | 173,136 | 2.7 | C+ | A− | D− | B− |
| Sorbiers | 8,116 | 2.7 | B+ | C− | B | A− |
| Saint-Priest-en-Jarez | 6,471 | 3.5 | B+ | C | C− | A |
| Saint-Chamond | 35,646 | 3.6 | C | B− | C | C+ |
| L'Étrat | 2,879 | 4 | A− | C− | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #13 of 48 in Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 61 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns and #19 of 50 in Loire. The lycée stands out: 100% of 47 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Salésienne in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds grades C 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 8, 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.