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2,036 residents make their home in this town in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Walkability is its strong suit (A+): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 28% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Over-65s are 30% of the population.
Sainte-Colombe 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.
The one thing Sainte-Colombe does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Colombe 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.
Sainte-Colombe has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Sainte-Colombe: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1919.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Sainte-Colombe. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Maurice de Vienne800 m east, in Vienne
MuseumÉglise Saint-Pierre de Vienne600 m east, in Vienne
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Vienne900 m east, in Vienne
AttractionThéâtre antique de Vienne1.2 km east, in Vienne
Art galleryMusée archéologique Saint-Pierre de Vienne600 m east, in ViennePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Colombe.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,800 a year per consumption unit. Sainte-Colombe has 700 jobs for 850 working residents, 0.8 per worker. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, higher than Rhône’s towns (8.1%) yet lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Sainte-Colombe come to 79 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 188 residents of Sainte-Colombe died, against 237 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. 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. There are 10 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Degrees are held by 40% of adults. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Sainte-Colombe by age and the one in the middle is 50.5.
56% women, 44% men
About 77 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Sainte-Colombe | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Sainte-Colombe is 94.8%, above Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. At the four general lycées, 96% of 1,118 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Robin PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 232 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Robin - Institution Robin PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 292 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège Georges BrassensBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 96 | 90%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,767/m², comes from 89 sales of houses and apartments in Sainte-Colombe from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 19% of sales, apartments for the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 89 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €2,685/m² | 72 |
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.
Homes from before 1919 make up a tenth of the total, above both Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Sainte-Colombe is Mausolée paléochrétien. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The graded crime recorded most in Sainte-Colombe was criminal damage (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.6 cases of violence against people and 16.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Recorded offenses locally came to 49 in 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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 27.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Sainte-Colombe: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Tour des Valois (ruines): Photo: PHILDIC · CC0
10 notable people were born in Sainte-Colombe.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Colombe | 2,036 | — | — | C+ | — | B+ |
| Vienne Isère | 31,778 | 0.7 | B− | C+ | D | B+ |
| Pont-Évêque Isère | 6,213 | 2.6 | B | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Ampuis | 2,769 | 3.3 | A− | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Loire-sur-Rhône | 2,746 | 3.8 | B+ | C | A− | A |
| Estrablin Isère | 3,677 | 4.7 | B+ | C | C+ | B |
| Chasse-sur-Rhône Isère | 6,588 | 4.9 | C− | C− | D− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Colombe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 292 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Robin - Institution Robin 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 more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,767/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sainte-Colombe grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sainte-Colombe is a commune of 2,036 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 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.