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1,713 people call this town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for walkability: 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,241/m² takes 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Val Guiers.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Béron 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-Béron 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-Béron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Béron; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Béron.
8.1% of the labour force were unemployed, between Savoie’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,480 a year. Public transport took 4.6% of Saint-Béron’s working residents to work at the census.
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.
In Savoie, women can expect to live 86.6 years and men 81.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 111 residents of Saint-Béron died, against 135 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Béron is Ch Yves Touraine, 3.8 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Béron; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €2,241/m², lower than both Savoie’s towns (€3,542/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 55 homes were sold in Saint-Béron.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,350/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.9%, near Savoie’s towns (10%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Saint-Béron has a median age of 45.5 years. Under 15: 17% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Béron | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Saint-Béron has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Saint-Béron: Photo: Gillys13 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Béron yet.
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-Béron | 1,713 | — | — | B | — | B+ |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin Isère | 3,602 | 3.4 | C+ | B+ | D | B+ |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné Isère | 6,850 | 7.3 | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages | 3,095 | 7.4 | A− | C | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Pont Isère | 4,490 | 7.7 | B | B | B | D |
| Aoste Isère | 2,876 | 8 | B+ | C+ | A− | C− |
| Cognin | 6,954 | 9.1 | C | D | C | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Béron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Béron grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Béron is a commune of 1,713 people in the Communauté de communes Val Guiers. 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.