Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,056 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Lager has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject 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. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% 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-Lager 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 2 historic monuments in Saint-Lager, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1975.
35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Lager. Best known first.
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Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Lager.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Rhône, women can expect to live 87.1 years and men 81.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 56 residents of Saint-Lager died, against 90 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Lager is Polyclinique du Beaujolais, 7.2 mi away.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.5 mi away. The closest collège is 1.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Notre Dame Site Claudine Thévenet PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 118 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.1% of residents. People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, near Rhône’s towns (19%) and lower than compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 36% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Lager | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,500/m², below Rhône’s towns (€3,666/m²) and close to compared French towns (€2,430/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 43 homes were sold in Saint-Lager. The sales split: 91% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,500/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €28,370 a year per consumption unit. Saint-Lager holds 400 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 0.8 jobs each. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.4% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Lager, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The protected list starts in the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The list names few of Saint-Lager’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église paroissiale Saint-Léger: Photo: Sebleouf · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Lager 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-Lager | 1,056 | — | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais | 14,016 | 2.9 | C | C | C+ | C |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins | 4,677 | 4.3 | B+ | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône Ain | 3,799 | 4.5 | A | B− | A | B+ |
| Arnas | 4,601 | 7.1 | C+ | C− | C+ | D |
| Fareins Ain | 2,533 | 7.5 | A+ | B | A− | A+ |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay Saône-et-Loire | 4,018 | 8.1 | A | B− | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Lager has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7 recorded violent incidents and 10.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Lager grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Lager is a commune of 1,056 people in the Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais. 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.