Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
3,942 people live in this town in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add jobs & income to its strengths: 1 job per working resident; 4.5% unemployment. Homes are dear (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. All told, that adds up to an A+ overall, better than 96% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #5 of 107 in Rhône.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Martin-en-Haut 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 one thing Saint-Martin-en-Haut does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Martin-en-Haut as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Symphorien, in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise, 5.5 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Martin-en-Haut 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-Martin-en-Haut.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Rhône, life expectancy at birth reaches 87.1 years for women and 81.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 517 deaths in Saint-Martin-en-Haut from 2016 to 2025; there were 414, 20% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Martin-en-Haut is Centre hospitalier Montgelas, 10.7 mi away. There are 5 general practitioners here.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 5.6 mi to the nearest lycée. On school results, the town ranks #5 of 115 in Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Martin PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 97 | 99%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
11.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Saint-Martin-en-Haut holds 1,750 jobs; 1,800 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,540 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,990/m²: 70 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Martin-en-Haut between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 71% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,038/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. 31% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and below Rhône’s towns (41%). Half the people of Saint-Martin-en-Haut are older than 47.6.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Martin-en-Haut | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.5 cases of violence against people and 14.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 65 offenses recorded in Saint-Martin-en-Haut. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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 · When family violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (7.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Saint-Martin-en-Haut as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Martin-en-Haut is a commune of 3,942 people in the Communauté de communes des Monts du Lyonnais. 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-Martin-en-Haut | 3,942 | — | A+ | C+ | B | A+ |
| Thurins | 3,404 | 4.3 | A+ | C− | A | A |
| Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise | 3,785 | 5.4 | A+ | B | B+ | B− |
| Chabanière | 4,323 | 6 | A | B | B− | A |
| Mornant | 6,282 | 6.1 | A | C | B− | B+ |
| Messimy | 3,546 | 6.2 | A+ | C | A− | A |
| Soucieu-en-Jarrest | 4,660 | 6.7 | A | C+ | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #28 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns and #5 of 115 in Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,990/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Martin-en-Haut grades C+ 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.