Homes are affordable (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on schools (B+): bac results 0.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.6 points above the expected rate. Its weakest is walkability — 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The Culture ministry’s register holds 6 historic monuments.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Coubon has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Coubon 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.
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Photo credits (1)
Musée Crozatier: La photographe Amandine Riou a cédé ses droits au Musée Crozatier., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coubon.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Coubon than in Haute-Loire or compared French towns: 19 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 5.8% of the total, below both Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Coubon is Château de la Tour-Daniel. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 6 of 6.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Coubon, 5.1%, runs below Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €27,740 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Loire’s towns (€25,730) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 450 jobs are based in Coubon, for 1,350 working residents (0.3 per worker). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.4% of commuters at the census.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
450
jobs based in Coubon, 0.3 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 12% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Homes in Coubon sell for a median €1,891/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.89/m² a month, near Haute-Loire’s towns (€8.91/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 97% were houses. Sales in Coubon from July 2023 to June 2026: 76 houses and apartments.
€1,891/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Coubon€1,891/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Loire median€1,646/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,891/m²
74
€8.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.88 to €11.48/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,070
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Brevet results near Coubon run high: 96.4% passed, above Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km, 92% of 136 candidates passed the bac pro. Near Coubon, 93.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Haute-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Coubon has fewer young adults than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 9.1% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with Haute-Loire’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a quarter of residents. Degrees are held by 32% of adults.
49.1median age
CoubonHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Coubon sees more deaths than 58% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (50 places) counts its residents as Coubon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 335 residents of Coubon died, against 315 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. In Haute-Loire, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 4 GPs practise here.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Coubon · 5.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
3.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
85.7 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Coubon
Is Coubon safe?
Coubon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Coubon good?
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns and #12 of 19 in Haute-Loire. 95% of 133 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charles et Adrien Dupuy in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Coubon expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Coubon grades A− for cost of living.
About Coubon
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coubon is a commune of 3,140 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay. 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
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.
