Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 6,164 people, lies in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Aurec-sur-Loire’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety is a strength too: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade lands at A, better than 92% of compared French towns. That places it #7 of 15 in Haute-Loire. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Aurec-sur-Loire does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aurec-sur-Loire with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Aurec-sur-Loire; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1994.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aurec-sur-Loire.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.34/m² a month, close to Haute-Loire’s towns (€8.91/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house in Aurec-sur-Loire goes for €2,073/m², an apartment for €1,676/m². This Haute-Loire town recorded 183 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,073/m² | 135 |
| Apartments | €1,676/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 73 offenses in Aurec-sur-Loire. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #15 of 19 in Haute-Loire. General-bac pupils go 4 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de la Faye PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 95%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Aurec-sur-Loire can choose among 6 GPs. Average lifespans in Haute-Loire: 85.7 years for women, 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 624 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 673: 7% below.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century. 7.9% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) yet higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
30% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Haute-Loire’s towns (27%). People 65 and over make up 24% of the town. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Aurec-sur-Loire | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Aurec-sur-Loire holds 1,150 jobs; 2,650 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Aurec-sur-Loire didn’t travel to work at all. 8.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Aurec-sur-Loire. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau d'Aurecin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Grangeassein townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chazournein townChâteauChâteauChâteau du Moine Sacristainin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cornillon4 km northeast, in Saint-Paul-en-CornillonMuseumMuseumMusée de la Faulx4.2 km southeast, in Pont-SalomonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Aurec-sur-Loire; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Château de la Grangeasse: Photo: Nyagrodha · CC BY-SA 4.0
3 notable people were born in Aurec-sur-Loire.
Gérard Feldzer: Aeroceanaute, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Gabriel Coignet: Pantalaskas, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurec-sur-Loire | 6,164 | — | A | A− | A− | B+ |
| Fraisses Loire | 3,872 | 3.1 | B+ | B | B+ | B |
| Unieux Loire | 8,514 | 3.9 | B | B | C+ | A |
| Firminy Loire | 17,060 | 4.2 | B− | A | D | B |
| Saint-Just-Malmont | 4,239 | 5.5 | B+ | A− | A+ | C+ |
| Saint-Didier-en-Velay | 3,523 | 5.6 | A+ | A | A+ | B |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire | 8,823 | 5.6 | A− | B+ | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #7 of 15 in Haute-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns and #15 of 19 in Haute-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aurec-sur-Loire grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Aurec-sur-Loire is a commune of 6,164 people in the Communauté de communes Loire et Semène. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 9, 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.
