Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools do well: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Saturnin 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-Saturnin 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Saturnin.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Saturnin than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.38/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,955/m²: 40 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Saturnin between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.61/m² a month.
€1,955/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Saturnin€1,955/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,955/m²
40
€10.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.22 to €13.10/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Saturnin sees more deaths than three in four compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saint-Saturnin records 98 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 87 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 86, 2% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Saturnin is Hopital Gabriel Montpied Chu Clermont Ferrand, 6.7 mi away. Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Saturnin · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Gabriel Montpied Chu Clermont Ferrand
6.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive la Chataigneraie
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Saint-Saturnin run higher than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €29,660 a year per consumption unit
4.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment stands at 8.0%. Jobs located in Saint-Saturnin: 200, for 550 residents in work (0.4 each).
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
200
jobs based in Saint-Saturnin, 0.4 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 28% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Saint-Saturnin: 27% were built before 1919, more than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2017. Per 10,000 residents, Saint-Saturnin counts 77 protected monuments, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (6.6) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Among the classé monuments locally is Chapelle Sainte-Magdeleine. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Saint-Saturnin is a graduates’ town: 45% hold a degree, more than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and across compared French towns
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Ages in Saint-Saturnin split evenly at 46.8: half are older, half younger.
46.8median age
Saint-SaturninPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education45%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Saturnin
Is Saint-Saturnin safe?
Saint-Saturnin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Saturnin good?
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Saturnin expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,955/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Saturnin grades A for cost of living.
About Saint-Saturnin
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Saturnin is a commune of 1,164 people in the Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté. 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
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.
