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A town in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 767 people.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Saint-Vital has none.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Vital as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Cléry, 1.1 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Vital 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 Saint-Vital.
Graduates make up 30% of adults. 18% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Savoie’s towns (17%). Line up the people of Saint-Vital by age and the one in the middle is 45.3.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Vital | Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 5.5%, lower than both Savoie’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Vital has 150 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Public transport took 3.6% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 5.5 mi away. A collège lies 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joseph FontanetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 88 | 94%+4 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.
House rents are put at about €13.03/m² a month. The market in Saint-Vital: 15 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 80% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Saint-Vital. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Saint-Vital.
Commune in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Vital is a commune of 767 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Arlysère. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vital | 767 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gilly-sur-Isère | 3,149 | 3.5 | A− | D | A− | A |
| Mercury | 3,495 | 4.1 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Albertville | 19,978 | 5.1 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny | 4,217 | 7.9 | A− | C+ | B | B |
| Faverges-Seythenex Haute-Savoie | 7,545 | 8.2 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Ugine | 7,154 | 10 | A | B | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 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.