Is Saint-Étienne safe? France travel risk
Is Saint-Étienne safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Saint-Étienne scores 37/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates France Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 28 May 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Saint-Étienne scores 37/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and France (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Saint-Étienne: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and health and medical access (43/100).
A score of 37 is higher than the scores of 46% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the France travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 45.4347° N, 4.3903° E in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Saint-Étienne features an altitude of 529 m. The settlement is located 410.5 km NNW from Paris.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
45.4347° N, 4.3903° E
529 m
Europe/Paris
172,569
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in France
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Saint-Étienne happened in June and July (4 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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