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The town has 6,471 residents and lies in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Much to like here, and you pay for it. Saint-Priest-en-Jarez grades B+ overall, better than 72% of compared French towns, and ranks #28 of 48 in Loire. Work and incomes are strong: 3.7 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment. It is strong on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The catch is safety (C−) — an average of 8.2 recorded violent incidents and 21.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is expensive (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Saint-Priest-en-Jarez does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Priest-en-Jarez 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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Saint-Priest-en-Jarez has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
3.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Priest-en-Jarez. Best known first.
MuseumMusée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropolein town
MuseumMusée des transports urbains de Saint-Étienne et sa régionin town
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne3.8 km south, in Saint-Étienne
MuseumCouriot - Musée de la Mine4 km south, in Saint-Étienne
MuseumMusée d'Art et d'Industrie de Saint-Étienne4.9 km south, in Saint-ÉtienneHistoric houseHistoric housePalais Mimard5 km south, in Saint-ÉtiennePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,210 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 8.5%, close to Loire’s towns (8.6%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Also worth knowing: 2.4% of Saint-Priest-en-Jarez’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.
There are 31 general practitioners in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez. 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. From 2016 to 2025, 867 residents of Saint-Priest-en-Jarez died, against 852 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% 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.
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez. The 2025 count: 196 offenses in the town. Jobs outnumber working residents in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez (9,950 to 2,700): it draws people in from around.
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 · 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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.58/m² a month, above Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The split in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez: €2,654/m² for houses, €2,299/m² for apartments. Of the homes sold, 29% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,654/m² | 77 |
| Apartments | €2,299/m² | 189 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, close to Loire’s towns (25%) and above compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by just over two in five adults. Saint-Priest-en-Jarez has a median age of 43.5 years.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Priest-en-Jarez | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). 3.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 90% passed the bac pro, of 638 candidates at 7 lycées. By results, schools here place #28 of 50 in Loire. A collège lies 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les ChampsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 185 | 79%−8 pts |
| Lycée Simone WeilNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 238 | 95%−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
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
16 notable people were born in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez.
Faouzi Ghoulam: KevFB, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Élodie Clouvel: Augustas Didžgalvis, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alexandre Pilat: Pilat Alexandre, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yasmine Zouhir: Marouane Hamousse, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Léo Grasset: librairie mollat, CC BY 3.0 · Marjolaine Bazin: Marianne Casamance, CC BY-SA 4.0
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-Priest-en-Jarez | 6,471 | — | B+ | C | C− | A |
| L'Étrat | 2,879 | 0.9 | A− | C− | B | A− |
| Villars | 7,664 | 1.1 | A | B+ | C | A |
| Saint-Genest-Lerpt | 6,181 | 2.6 | B+ | B− | B− | B |
| La Talaudière | 7,133 | 2.6 | B | C− | C | B+ |
| Saint-Étienne | 173,136 | 2.8 | C+ | A− | D− | B− |
| La Fouillouse | 4,630 | 3.4 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #41 of 48 in Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 75 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #28 of 50 in Loire. 95% of 238 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Simone Weil in 2025, 2 points below 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-Priest-en-Jarez grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez is a commune of 6,471 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.