Loire

Loire has 772,041 residents in 323 communes. Over five years, homes sold for a median €1,600/m², from €950/m² in La Ricamarie to €2,900/m² in L'Étrat among communes of more than 2,000 people. 59% of households own their main home.

Département 42 · 323 communes · Updated 24 October 2026

772,041residents2022 census

€1,600/m²median price per m²five years of sales

59%of households own their homemain home

4%second homesof all homes

Four maps of Loire.

Each commune is coloured by its value; every map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest. Grey: not published.

Green spaceShare of land within 500 m that is green space

0%30%+

Everyday servicesEveryday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

Map of Loire : Everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

<60240+

Price per m²Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

Map of Loire : Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

<€1,500€5,000+

Living standardMedian disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

Map of Loire : Median disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

<€19,000€29,000+

Sources: IGN and Insee, IRIS boundaries and Admin Express 2024 (Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

The 58 communes with more than 2,000 people.

Colour shows where each commune sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

Commune	Residents	Price per m²	Living standard	Home owners	Aged 75+	Unemployment	Green 500 m	Services 15 min
Andrézieux-Bouthéon	10,312	€2,680/m²	€22,200	54%	10%	10.1%	1%	36
Balbigny	2,848	€1,770/m²	€21,020	64%	14%	10.5%	4%	20
Bellegarde-en-Forez	2,004	€2,120/m²	€23,510	76%	12%	5.2%	5%	18
Bonson	4,478	€2,460/m²	€23,020	68%	10%	8.7%	1%	17
Bourg-Argental	2,920	€1,470/m²	€21,940	62%	16%	8.2%	32%	35
Boën-sur-Lignon	3,017	€1,290/m²	€19,810	56%	20%	14.7%	27%	51
Champdieu	2,035	€1,920/m²	€23,940	73%	11%	8.1%	12%	17
Charlieu	3,703	€1,440/m²	€20,420	36%	17%	13.5%	16%	120
Chavanay	2,886	€2,240/m²	€24,760	74%	9%	7.3%	19%	15
Chazelles-sur-Lyon	5,507	€2,110/m²	€21,810	58%	14%	6.9%	1%	48
Commelle-Vernay	3,041	€2,020/m²	€24,710	90%	11%	5.5%	6%	12
Feurs	8,370	€1,960/m²	€20,980	52%	17%	11.0%	15%	29
Firminy	17,128	€1,160/m²	€19,020	47%	15%	19.5%	22%	77
Fraisses	3,825	€1,780/m²	€23,530	68%	11%	7.0%	5%	56
Genilac	3,821	€2,400/m²	€25,220	83%	8%	5.7%	4%	13
L'Horme	4,868	€2,390/m²	€21,200	54%	11%	15.1%	8%	105
L'Étrat	2,820	€2,900/m²	€27,460	64%	13%	7.8%	3%	37
La Fouillouse	4,643	€2,370/m²	€26,800	69%	13%	5.6%	0%	22
La Grand-Croix	4,951	€2,170/m²	€21,280	58%	10%	11.1%	7%	57
La Ricamarie	8,162	€950/m²	€17,020	45%	9%	21.7%	13%	44
La Talaudière	7,103	€2,780/m²	€23,700	58%	17%	7.8%	26%	34
Le Chambon-Feugerolles	12,307	€1,510/m²	€18,610	47%	12%	16.9%	61%	47
Le Coteau	6,893	€1,420/m²	€20,710	47%	20%	11.6%	20%	96
Lorette	4,896	€2,400/m²	€21,450	59%	12%	11.0%	7%	41
Mably	7,246	€1,880/m²	€21,680	68%	16%	11.7%	45%	38
Montbrison	16,098	€2,070/m²	€22,210	52%	12%	11.2%	30%	87
Montrond-les-Bains	5,655	€2,440/m²	€23,730	59%	14%	5.9%	15%	56
Panissières	2,882	€1,480/m²	€21,930	71%	17%	7.8%	26%	35
Perreux	2,105	€1,810/m²	€24,820	80%	12%	5.7%	41%	9
Pouilly-les-Nonains	2,165	€2,120/m²	€23,440	83%	10%	6.8%	50%	14
Pouilly-sous-Charlieu	2,584	€1,500/m²	€21,400	68%	14%	10.7%	30%	49
Pélussin	3,665	€2,060/m²	€23,860	64%	13%	8.3%	29%	52
Renaison	3,220	€1,990/m²	€23,970	76%	13%	8.3%	6%	37
Riorges	11,034	€1,710/m²	€22,360	68%	14%	11.9%	14%	50
Rive-de-Gier	15,457	€1,740/m²	€19,320	44%	10%	16.4%	20%	47
Roanne	35,364	€1,310/m²	€18,930	38%	14%	16.9%	8%	140
Roche-la-Molière	9,853	€2,080/m²	€22,590	60%	11%	10.4%	45%	26
Saint-Chamond	35,586	€1,560/m²	€20,330	48%	12%	14.1%	27%	130
Saint-Cyprien	2,428	€2,520/m²	€24,580	74%	8%	7.2%	5%	23
Saint-Galmier	5,848	€2,460/m²	€26,680	65%	13%	5.2%	26%	4
Saint-Genest-Lerpt	6,182	€2,400/m²	€24,970	62%	12%	8.0%	39%	35
Saint-Genest-Malifaux	2,912	€2,220/m²	€25,430	70%	11%	6.5%	26%	28
Saint-Héand	3,684	€2,230/m²	€25,650	74%	14%	5.3%	32%	22
Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds	6,594	€2,190/m²	€23,950	63%	9%	9.1%	45%	47
Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert	15,579	€2,670/m²	€26,190	69%	12%	6.3%	35%	26
Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez	5,088	€2,420/m²	€23,780	71%	9%	6.0%	2%	29
Saint-Martin-la-Plaine	3,768	€2,780/m²	€25,630	78%	9%	6.5%	20%	20
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez	4,758	€2,370/m²	€23,630	63%	9%	10.0%	25%	25
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez	6,318	€2,470/m²	€25,120	52%	14%	8.5%	12%	112
Saint-Romain-le-Puy	4,121	€2,200/m²	€23,500	71%	9%	6.7%	17%	24
Saint-Étienne	172,569	€1,260/m²	€19,010	40%	11%	19.1%	14%	278
Savigneux	3,489	€2,420/m²	€23,520	69%	11%	6.3%	4%	68
Sorbiers	8,071	€2,610/m²	€25,720	73%	11%	7.7%	30%	28
Sury-le-Comtal	6,651	€1,890/m²	€21,570	69%	7%	9.1%	1%	39
Unieux	8,495	€1,900/m²	€22,060	63%	10%	11.9%	33%	38
Veauche	8,984	€2,720/m²	€24,910	74%	12%	6.0%	7%	21
Villars	7,705	€1,330/m²	€23,540	70%	12%	8.3%	13%	79
Villerest	5,175	€1,980/m²	€24,840	82%	13%	7.3%	9%	19

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

772,041 residents and 351,390 households at the 2022 census, next to the département figure.

18%

aged under 15

17%

aged 15–29

29%

aged 60 and over

39%

of households are people living alone

24%

of households are couples with children

of households are single-parent families

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Homes.

408,131 homes, 86% of them main residences, with 4.1 rooms on average.

51%

of homes are houses

59%

of households own their home

15%

of households rent social housing (HLM)

second homes

10%

empty homes

83%

of households have a car

When main homes were built

before 191912%

1919–19459%

1946–197024%

1971–199030%

1991–200514%

2006–201912%

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Property prices.

50,318 house and flat sales over five years.

€1,600/m²median price, houses and flatsFrance : €2,600/m²

€1,300/m²flats26,214 sales

€2,060/m²houses24,104 sales

Median prices from sales published in France’s Demandes de valeurs foncières (DVF) over ten half-years, for sales of a single property. Individual sales are not shown. A median is only given where there were at least ten sales.

Source: DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0)

Income and work.

Work and qualifications at the 2022 census.

11.5%

unemployment among 15–64s (census definition)

28%

of over-15s who have left school hold a higher-education degree

managers and professionals among over-15s

31%

retired among over-15s

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Health, shops and services.

Facilities and services in Loire on 1 January 2025, from Insee’s permanent database of facilities.

9.3GPs per 10,000 residents2025

215pharmacieson 1 January 2025

556food storessupermarkets, convenience stores, grocers

General practitioners715

Dentists360

Nurses1,538

Physiotherapists951

Pharmacies215

Group health centres45

Emergency departments8

Supermarkets and hypermarkets167

Convenience stores and grocers389

Bakeries650

Butchers262

Petrol stations136

EV charging stations350

Post offices and postal points183

Banks221

France services centres24

Police and gendarmerie37

Restaurants2,085

Hairdressers1,177

Nurseries208

Swimming pools26

Sports halls224

Gyms75

Cinemas27

Libraries240

Performance venues12

Insee’s permanent database of facilities lists the shops, services and health professionals present in each commune on 1 January. Health professionals in private practice are counted one by one; several may work at the same address.

Source: Insee, permanent database of facilities 2025 (Open Licence 2.0)

Natural and industrial hazards.

Share of the département’s 323 communes exposed to each major hazard, and natural-disaster declarations since 1982.

Earthquake100%

Severe weather100%

Radon100%

Ground movement93%

Flooding54%

Dam failure29%

Mining subsidence29%

Forest fire26%

Unexploded wartime munitions22%

Nuclear hazard13%

Industrial hazard11%

2,538natural-disaster declarationssince 1982

30%of communes have a natural-hazard prevention planin force

Natural-disaster declarations by type

Floods and mudflows1,323

Storms and cyclones332

Other (snow, hail, avalanches…)332

Ground movement300

Drought (clay shrinkage)251

A natural-disaster declaration (arrêté CatNat) lets insurers pay out for the damage. The count reflects past events, not a forecast of future risk. The list of hazards comes from each département’s major-risk file; a prevention plan in force limits building in exposed zones.

Source: Géorisques, GASPAR database (Open Licence 2.0), as of 5 October 2026