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A town in Somme, Hauts-de-France, home to 1,344 people.
Saint-Sauveur’s strongest is schools (A): brevet results 9.3 points above the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability: 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,902/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Nièvre et Somme.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Sauveur 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-Sauveur does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Sauveur 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-Sauveur has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Sauveur as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Oppidum dit Camp de César, in La Chaussée-Tirancourt, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sauveur.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Somme: 84 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 96 deaths in Saint-Sauveur from 2016 to 2025; there were 123, 28% more. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Sauveur, 86.6% passed the brevet, lower than Somme’s towns (90.6%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). The closest collège is 1.2 mi off. General-bac pupils go 4.2 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Val de SommeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 88%±0 pts |
| Collège Rosa ParksBest against expectations: 20 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 87 | 85%+20 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Sauveur has 500 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.9 per worker. Unemployment stood at 9.6%, lower than Somme’s towns (14.3%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). 7.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 27% of adults. Children under 15 make up 16%, close to Somme’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Saint-Sauveur in two is 46.6.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Sauveur | Somme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Somme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
33 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Sauveur, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,902/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.23/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.29/m² a month, close to Somme’s towns (€11.47/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,902/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Saint-Sauveur. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Sauveur 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-Sauveur 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-Sauveur | 1,344 | — | — | B− | — | D− |
| Ailly-sur-Somme | 3,003 | 1.1 | B+ | B− | A | D |
| Amiens | 136,449 | 5 | D | C− | D | C− |
| Salouël | 4,179 | 5.2 | A+ | C− | A+ | A |
| Saleux | 2,739 | 5.6 | B | D | A | D |
| Rivery | 3,636 | 5.8 | B− | C− | C | B+ |
| Camon | 4,359 | 6.8 | B− | C− | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Sauveur has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 92% 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 €1,902/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Sauveur grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Somme, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Sauveur is a commune of 1,344 people in the Communauté de communes Nièvre et Somme. 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.