Haute-Loire has 257 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 24 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 38 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
The median ranked town in Haute-Loire grades highest on cost of living and safety against towns across France, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subjectThe median ranked town in Haute-Loire against French towns · the line marks the median French town
How the towns Haute-Loire grade overall15 ranked towns
A12B3
12 of 15 (80%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
With the 24 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 257 communes of Haute-Loire, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Vals-près-le-Puy ranks first of 15 graded towns of 2,500 or more: walkability (A) and safety (A) are its strongest grades; cost of living (A−) is its lowest. Saint-Didier-en-Velay and Sainte-Sigolène follow.
How do the biggest towns in Haute-Loire grade?
Le Puy-en-Velay (18,540 people) grades B overall, with its best grade in walkability. Monistrol-sur-Loire (8,823 people) grades A− overall, with its best grade in jobs & income.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Haute-Loire, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Haute-Loire on TownRatings?
Yes: all 257 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 24 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 38 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 195 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Beauzac and Chadrac and Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and Coubon and 5 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
