Overall score
Use the Saint-Étienne profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and post-industrial resilience context alongside Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, and Grenoble.
Overall64/100
Affordability80/100
Air quality66/100
Energy70/100
France / Western Europe
Saint-Étienne City Intelligence
Saint-Étienne is a former coal and manufacturing metro in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France, with a design-industry pivot, a tram-and-rail transport network linked to Lyon, and ongoing post-industrial air-quality and redevelopment context. Saint-Étienne is a western europe city of about ~520K metro in France. On the composite city-intelligence score, Saint-Étienne sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (64/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- ~520K metro
Image credit: Image: The original uploader was Graooor at French Wikipedia. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 1.0
Overall city intelligence
Mixed64/100
Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.
Data confidence
Directional
Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.
Verified utility layers
See country hub
Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.
Saint-Étienne data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 64/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 80/100 | Saint-Étienne's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 66/100 | Saint-Étienne's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated. |
| Energy | 70/100 | Saint-Étienne's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 65/100 | Saint-Étienne's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 67/100 | Saint-Étienne's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 66/100 | Saint-Étienne's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 66/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
Safety
Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.
Safety
Overall safety79/100
Low crime81/100
Personal safety80/100
Night safety75/100
Road safety77/100
Saint-Étienne is estimated to be a generally safe city (79/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.
Quality of Life
A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.
Quality of Life
Quality of life82/100
Healthcare85/100
Education85/100
Green space85/100
Cleanliness84/100
Infrastructure89/100
Mobility71/100
Saint-Étienne has a very high quality-of-life estimate (82/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.
Family Friendliness
How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.
Family Friendliness
Family friendliness83/100
Education85/100
Green space85/100
Overall safety79/100
Saint-Étienne scores very high for family living (83/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.
Digital Nomad Suitability
Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.
Digital Nomad Suitability
Digital nomad suitability79/100
Walkability86/100
Cycling66/100
Infrastructure89/100
Saint-Étienne is high for remote workers (79/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.
Retirement Suitability
Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.
Retirement Suitability
Retirement suitability81/100
Healthcare85/100
Cleanliness84/100
Outdoor lifestyle49/100
Saint-Étienne is very high for retirement (81/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.
Emergency and public safety in Saint-Étienne
Local public safety guidance for Saint-Étienne, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| European emergency | 11224/7 | 112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge. |
| Police | 1724/7 | — |
| Medical (SAMU) | 1524/7 | — |
| Fire (Sapeurs-pompiers) | 1824/7 | — |
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Saint-Étienne, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the France emergency profile.
Public safety sources
Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.
- European Commission: 112 — The European emergency number
Used as the primary attribution for the EU-wide 112 universal emergency number on European country profiles.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare and hospitals in Saint-Étienne
Healthcare context for Saint-Étienne, with national-level information from France where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Saint-Étienne, see the France healthcare profile.
Healthcare sources
Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.
- Government of France: Ministère de la Santé et de la Prévention
Used as the primary attribution for French public-health context.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Transport and mobility in Saint-Étienne
Local mobility context for Saint-Étienne, with national-level context from France where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Saint-Étienne, see the France transport profile.
Transport sources
Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.
- Government of France: Ministère de la Transition écologique
Used as the primary federal attribution for French national transport context.
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français: SNCF
Used as the primary attribution for French national rail operator information.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.
Air quality dataset
Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Saint-Étienne. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Saint-Étienne
Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025
Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location
Source-attributed values for Saint-Étienne will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal City Intelligence — air-quality dataset
Verified data unavailable- Publisher
- Global City Intelligence
- Last verified
- 2026-05-16
The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).
Methodology and context
Numeric measurements appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted official publishers. The dataset is independently validated at build time; malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Open the Saint-Étienne air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
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Cost of Living in Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality in Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy in Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety in Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed in Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk in Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
City rankings
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Cost of living in Saint-Étienne
Cost of living estimates for Saint-Étienne — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.
Climate in Saint-Étienne
Climate profile for Saint-Étienne — Oceanic climate, annual average 14.2°C, comfort score 71/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Visual guide to Saint-Étienne
Source-attributed visual context for Saint-Étienne using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.
Weekend trip planning guide for Saint-Étienne
Weekend trip planning checklist for Saint-Étienne — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.
Nearby weekend places from Saint-Étienne
Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.
Estimate a monthly budget for Saint-Étienne
Estimate a monthly budget for Saint-Étienne using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.
Plan a trip budget for Saint-Étienne
Plan a trip budget for Saint-Étienne using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.
Nearby cities from Saint-Étienne
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Saint-Étienne. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Lyon, France
Same region · about 51 km from Saint-Étienne. Explore Lyon's city intelligence profile.
Valence, France
Same region · about 68 km from Saint-Étienne. Explore Valence's city intelligence profile.
Grenoble, France
Same region · about 108 km from Saint-Étienne. Explore Grenoble's city intelligence profile.
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Same corridor · about 108 km from Saint-Étienne. Explore Clermont-Ferrand's city intelligence profile.
Chambéry, France
Same corridor · about 120 km from Saint-Étienne. Explore Chambéry's city intelligence profile.
Annecy, France
Same corridor · about 145 km from Saint-Étienne. Explore Annecy's city intelligence profile.
Geneva, Switzerland
Cross-border · about 161 km from Saint-Étienne. Explore Geneva's city intelligence profile.
Avignon, France
Same corridor · about 168 km from Saint-Étienne. Explore Avignon's city intelligence profile.
Nîmes, France
Same corridor · about 177 km from Saint-Étienne. Explore Nîmes's city intelligence profile.
Montpellier, France
Same corridor · about 207 km from Saint-Étienne. Explore Montpellier's city intelligence profile.
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Interpretation
Use the Saint-Étienne profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and post-industrial resilience context alongside Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, and Grenoble. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (80/100) and energy (70/100). The area most worth watching is safety (65/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.
Country context is available on the France country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Saint-Étienne appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.
Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.