Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
8,508 people call this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side (C−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. Health is weaker too (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade lands at B+, #22 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. On that grade it does better than 69% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Saint-Vallier does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Vallier 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-Vallier, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest date from the 20th century.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Vallier.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,159/m², below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€1,438/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Sales in Saint-Vallier from July 2023 to June 2026: 293 houses and apartments. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,161/m² | 284 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Saint-Vallier, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). 160 offenses were reported in Saint-Vallier during 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.6 (2023–2025 average).
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 armed robbery 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 (1.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 make up 15%, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. 21% of adults hold a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Vallier | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Vallier records 98 deaths per 100 expected, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (86) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,273 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,330, 4% more. At birth, a girl in Saône-et-Loire can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Vallier can choose among 5 GPs.
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.
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,940 a year. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Saint-Vallier didn’t travel to work at all.
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 protected list starts in the 20th century. 8.5% of its homes were built before 1919, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10%) but 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.
Results rank its schools #24 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Vallier, 92.7% passed the bac, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Nicolas CopernicNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 91%+4 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Henri ParriatNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 275 | 95%±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-Gilbert - site de Montcenis PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 94 | 96%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Vallier, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Site du lavoir des Chavannes: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
6 notable people were born in Saint-Vallier.
Guillaume Warmuz: Mpmpmp, CC BY-SA 3.0
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-Vallier | 8,508 | — | B+ | A | A− | C− |
| Montceau-les-Mines | 17,064 | 1.8 | B− | A | C− | B− |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines | 4,235 | 3.1 | A | A+ | A | C+ |
| Blanzy | 5,955 | 3.7 | A | A | B+ | B+ |
| Montchanin | 4,976 | 8.6 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Torcy | 2,678 | 9.7 | B+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Le Creusot | 20,509 | 11 | C+ | A | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #10 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 37 burglaries and 42 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 55% of compared French towns and #24 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. 95% of 275 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Henri Parriat in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Vallier grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Vallier is a commune of 8,508 people in the Communauté urbaine Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. 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.