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A town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,046 people.
Jobs and pay hold up well (B): 0.1 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D). It also trails on health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Cassin 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 Saint-Cassin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Cassin 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-Cassin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Cassin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel-Dieu (ancien), in Chambéry, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Saint-Cassin. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry4 km northeast, in Chambéry
MuseumLes Charmettes3.5 km northeast, in Chambéry
MuseumMuséum d'histoire naturelle de Chambéry3.5 km northeast, in ChambéryAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-François-de-Sales3.9 km northeast, in ChambéryAttractionAttractionChâteau des ducs de Savoie3.6 km northeast, in ChambéryPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Cassin.
The jobless rate is 6.3%. Half of residents lived on more than €30,830 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Savoie’s towns (€28,360) and compared French towns (€25,970). 2.5% of Saint-Cassin’s working residents had no journey 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.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Cassin’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, higher than both Savoie’s towns (86) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 68 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 68, 1% fewer. In Savoie, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.6 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B+.
17% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Savoie’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.6% of the town. Among adults, 39% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Cassin | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.9% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
23 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Cassin from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 61% were houses.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henry BordeauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 95%+1 pt |
| Lycée général et technologique VaugelasNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 353 | 99%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Sainte-Geneviève - Assomption Chambéry PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 81 | 96%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Cassin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Cassin 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-Cassin | 1,046 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Cognin | 6,954 | 1.5 | C | D | C | B+ |
| Jacob-Bellecombette | 4,499 | 1.6 | B− | D | A+ | C+ |
| Chambéry | 59,964 | 2.8 | C− | D | D | B |
| Saint-Baldoph | 2,949 | 3 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Barberaz | 5,306 | 3.1 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Bassens | 5,175 | 3.6 | B− | D | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Cassin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns. 99% of 353 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Vaugelas in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Cassin is a commune of 1,046 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Chambéry. 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) · 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.