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A town of 1,544 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Forgeux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,106/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest Rhodanien. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Forgeux 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-Forgeux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Bussière, in Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé, 3.5 mi away.
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Forgeux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Saint-Forgeux comes below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 70 residents of Saint-Forgeux died, against 117 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
For Saint-Forgeux, that is below both Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Forgeux has 300 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 7.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Forgeux, 97.1% passed the bac, above both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie LaurencinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 88%−4 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de Bel Air PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 149 | 99%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent René CassinBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 191 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Forgeux sits below both Rhône’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Children are 19% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Forgeux | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Saint-Forgeux below both Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,106/m², comes from 51 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Forgeux from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,168/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Forgeux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Forgeux as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-Forgeux | 1,544 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| Vindry-sur-Turdine | 5,305 | 2 | A | C | B+ | A− |
| Tarare | 10,893 | 3 | B+ | B+ | C | B+ |
| L'Arbresle | 6,537 | 7 | A− | B | C+ | B |
| Sain-Bel | 2,566 | 7 | A | B+ | B | B− |
| Val d'Oingt | 4,117 | 7.1 | A+ | B− | A− | B+ |
| Panissières Loire | 2,911 | 7.8 | — | A+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Forgeux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 149 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de Bel Air in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,106/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Forgeux grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Forgeux is a commune of 1,544 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest Rhodanien. 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 October 30, 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.