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Home to 1,312 people, this town lies in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 46% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its schools beat most: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. At €2,023/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Monts du Lyonnais. It has 950 jobs for 550 working residents.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière 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 Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière 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-Foy-l'Argentière has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière 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, 5.3 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière 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 Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
116 deaths in Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 165: 30% below. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière is Hopitaux Nord Ouest de Tarare, 12.7 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners here. Also worth knowing: women in Rhône live to 87.1 on average and men to 81.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 5.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Val d'ArgentNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 73 | 99%+5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Laurent PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 73 | 100%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €24,220 a year per consumption unit, below both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 3.0% of working residents in Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière to work at the census. The jobless rate is 9.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share of residents under 15 is 16%. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 10% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 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.
Behind the median of €2,023/m²: 58 houses and apartments sold in Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.60/m² a month. Houses were 43% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €2,162/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 24 offenses in Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 7.5 violent offenses and 14.7 graded property crimes a year. 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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 48.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière yet.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière is a commune of 1,312 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière | 1,312 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise | 3,785 | 5.3 | A+ | B | B+ | B− |
| Saint-Martin-en-Haut | 3,942 | 5.3 | A+ | C+ | B | A+ |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon Loire | 5,543 | 6.2 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Thurins | 3,404 | 8.4 | A+ | C− | A | A |
| Panissières Loire | 2,911 | 8.7 | — | A+ | — | B+ |
| Saint-Pierre-la-Palud | 2,616 | 8.8 | — | C+ | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. 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 €2,023/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière grades B 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.