Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 2,001: a town in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Households here earn well (A): 1.2 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is safety — an average of 8.6 recorded violent incidents and 26 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and B− for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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). Saint-Romain-en-Gal 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-Romain-en-Gal 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-Romain-en-Gal has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Romain-en-Gal: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Romain-en-Gal. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Maurice de Vienne1.9 km southeast, in Vienne
MuseumÉglise Saint-Pierre de Vienne1.8 km southeast, in Vienne
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Vienne2 km southeast, in Vienne
AttractionThéâtre antique de Vienne2.3 km southeast, in Vienne
Art galleryMusée archéologique Saint-Pierre de Vienne1.8 km southeast, in ViennePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Romain-en-Gal.
In all, 64 offenses reached the police record in Saint-Romain-en-Gal in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Romain-en-Gal (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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, close to Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, nearly a fifth of commuters got to work without a car.
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.
Houses sell for €2,764/m² in Saint-Romain-en-Gal, apartments for €2,671/m². The estimated advertised rent is €12.99/m² a month, lower than Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 43% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,764/m² | 31 |
| Apartments | €2,671/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Romain-en-Gal is Palais du Miroir. Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. Also worth knowing: nearly a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, about level with Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Saint-Romain-en-Gal is 94.8%, higher than both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 1.1 mi off. At the four general lycées, 96% of 1,118 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claude et Germain GrangeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 193 | 84%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Ella FitzgeraldNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 511 | 95%±0 pts |
| Collège privé Robin PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 232 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents. Degrees are held by 37% of adults, lower than Rhône’s towns (41%) yet higher than compared French towns (30%). Saint-Romain-en-Gal has a median age of 44.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Romain-en-Gal | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 160 residents of Saint-Romain-en-Gal died, against 183 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. Average lifespans in Rhône: 87.1 years for women, 81.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 2 family doctors.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Romain-en-Gal: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Palais du Miroir: Photo: User:Otourly · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Saint-Romain-en-Gal.
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-Romain-en-Gal | 2,001 | — | — | C | D | B− |
| Vienne Isère | 31,778 | 1.4 | B− | C+ | D | B+ |
| Loire-sur-Rhône | 2,746 | 3 | B+ | C | A− | A |
| Pont-Évêque Isère | 6,213 | 3.1 | B | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Ampuis | 2,769 | 3.4 | A− | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Chasse-sur-Rhône Isère | 6,588 | 4.1 | C− | C− | D− | A− |
| Communay | 4,540 | 5 | B− | C | C+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 29 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% 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-Romain-en-Gal grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Romain-en-Gal is a commune of 2,001 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vienne Condrieu. 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 November 4, 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.