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A town in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,653 people.
The local economy does well (A): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,810/m², so 70 m² costs 5.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Cussac-sur-Loire 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 Cussac-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.
Cussac-sur-Loire has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Cussac-sur-Loire does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cussac-sur-Loire, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.
4.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Cussac-sur-Loire has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cussac-sur-Loire.
4.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Haute-Loire’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,100 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,810/m²: 38 houses and apartments sold in Cussac-sur-Loire between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,811/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Haute-Loire: 85.7 years for women and 80 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 110 deaths in Cussac-sur-Loire between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 136: 19% below. The nearest emergency department to Cussac-sur-Loire is Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay, 4.4 mi away.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 4.6%. The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Typical age in Cussac-sur-Loire: 48.6, the median. Under-15s account for 16% of the population. Degrees are held by 28% of adults, close to Haute-Loire’s towns (27%) and below compared French towns (30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Cussac-sur-Loire | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Of the graded crimes in Cussac-sur-Loire, criminal damage came up most often (2025). All told, Cussac-sur-Loire had 8 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 5.2 (2023–2025 average).
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 63.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Cussac-sur-Loire. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Cussac-sur-Loire as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cussac-sur-Loire is a commune of 1,653 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cussac-sur-Loire | 1,653 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Coubon | 3,140 | 2.6 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Vals-près-le-Puy | 3,395 | 2.8 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
| Le Puy-en-Velay | 18,540 | 3.6 | B | A− | D | C |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel | 3,585 | 4 | A+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Brives-Charensac | 4,244 | 4.9 | A | A− | B+ | B |
| Chadrac | 2,542 | 5.2 | — | B | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cussac-sur-Loire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,810/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cussac-sur-Loire grades A− for cost of living.
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.