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This town in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 575.
Saint-Loup isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Saint-Loup does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Loup as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Saint-Géran ou du Parc, in Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux, 1.9 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Loup.
17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Allier’s towns (14%). Line up the people of Saint-Loup by age and the one in the middle is 50.1.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Loup | Allier median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Saint-Loup number 150, against 250 residents in work (0.7 per worker). Unemployment stood at 8.7%, below both Allier’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 3.4% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Saint-Loup, 69.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Allier’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest general lycée is 5.1 mi away. Collège pupils travel 3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 76 | 80%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Val d'AllierNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 42 | 69%−14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.57/m² a month. The market in Saint-Loup: 23 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Loup. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Loup 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-Loup 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-Loup | 575 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Varennes-sur-Allier | 3,549 | 2.7 | C− | A | C | D |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule | 4,884 | 5.3 | C+ | A | D | B− |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés | 3,579 | 11 | B+ | A | A− | C |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux | 3,205 | 14 | A | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Lapalisse | 3,138 | 14 | A+ | A | B+ | B− |
| Yzeure | 12,897 | 14 | A | A− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Loup is a commune of 575 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. 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) · 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 October 30, 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.