Where it does best is cost of living (A+) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a quarter of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. Health is weaker too (C−). It is hard to get around without a car: 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre costs less than in Haute-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.39/m² a month
€7.39/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre: 23 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre€7.39/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Loire median€8.91/m²
€7.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.75 to €9.51/m² a month)
€6.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,250
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Brioude Sud Auvergne
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre has a higher adjusted death rate than 79% of compared French towns
−0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre come to 100 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 102 residents of Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre died, about as many as the 102 expected from France’s death rates at each age. Average lifespans in Haute-Loire: 85.7 years for women, 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre have one GP on hand.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre · 5.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Brioude
13.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Paul Ardier Issoire
85.7 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre than in Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4%
5%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €23,960 a year per consumption unit, below Haute-Loire’s towns (€25,730) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work. Bus, tram or train carried 2.2% of working residents in Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre, 0.2 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre than in Haute-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 20% of adults
46.3median age
26% of residents are 65 or over, close to Haute-Loire’s towns (25%) and above compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre has a median age of 46.3 years.
Bournoncle-Saint-PierreHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre is a commune of 1,075 people in the Communauté de communes Brioude Sud Auvergne. 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
Population
1,075 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Brioude Sud Auvergne
Département
Haute-Loire (43)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
6.2 sq mi (16.2 km²)
INSEE code
43038
Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre
Is Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre safe?
Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
