Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,298 people live in this town in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Saint-Saëns is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 8.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its lowest grade is for health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C−): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 13.8% unemployment. At the median price of €1,637/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Communauté Bray-Eawy.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Saëns 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-Saëns 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-Saëns has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Saëns does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Saëns as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de carrefour, in La Crique, 4 mi away.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Saëns 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-Saëns.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
494 deaths in Saint-Saëns between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 358: 38% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Saëns is Clinique du Cedre, 16.3 mi away. Average lifespans in Seine-Maritime: 84.7 years for women, 78.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 7 family doctors.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
13.8% of the labour force were unemployed, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (12.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Saint-Saëns didn’t travel to work at all. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 11.2% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
All told, Saint-Saëns had 40 recorded offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Saëns (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 16.8% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, above Seine-Maritime’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 12% of the town. Half the people of Saint-Saëns are older than 47.4.
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Saëns | Seine-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
62 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Saëns, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,637/m². Of the homes sold, 97% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 62 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,670/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Guillaume le ConquérantNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 86%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
2 notable people were born in Saint-Saëns.
Commune in Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Saint-Saëns is a commune of 2,298 people in the Communauté de communes Communauté Bray-Eawy. 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-Saëns | 2,298 | — | — | B | B+ | D |
| Buchy | 2,815 | 6.9 | A− | A− | B | C− |
| Val-de-Scie | 2,530 | 7.7 | B− | B | A | B− |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray | 4,662 | 8.2 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Quincampoix | 3,103 | 11 | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Forges-les-Eaux | 3,642 | 13 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C− |
| Montville | 4,625 | 13 | B+ | B | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade B−, better than 48% 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 €1,637/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Saëns 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 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.