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The town has 1,141 residents and lies in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. The median home sells for €1,597/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins 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-Victor-sur-Rhins 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-Victor-sur-Rhins has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Voie romaine, in Thizy-les-Bourgs, 5.6 mi away.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins 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-Victor-sur-Rhins.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins from July 2023 to June 2026: 36 houses and apartments. The sales split: 92% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,750/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 76 residents of Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins died, against 82 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins is Centre hospitalier de Roanne, 10.2 mi away. Life expectancy in Loire: 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, lower than both Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 18% of the population. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 9.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins holds 200 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,480 a year.
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.
Collège pupils travel 3.2 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée polyvalent François MansartNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 69 | 97%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins yet.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins is a commune of 1,141 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays entre Loire 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
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-Victor-sur-Rhins | 1,141 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs Rhône | 5,771 | 2.8 | A− | A+ | C+ | B |
| Amplepuis Rhône | 4,876 | 3.2 | A− | A | C | B− |
| Cours Rhône | 4,306 | 7 | A− | A+ | B− | C+ |
| Le Coteau | 6,845 | 9.5 | A | A− | B− | B+ |
| Roanne | 35,409 | 11 | B+ | A | D | B+ |
| Tarare Rhône | 10,893 | 11 | B+ | B+ | C | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins grades A 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.