Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 192 people, lies in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Les Vastres isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 44% of its housing.
The one thing Les Vastres does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Les Vastres counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1968.
39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Vastres.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Les Vastres is Dolmen des Pennes. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, lower than both Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Les Vastres is 48.5. Over-65s are 23% of the population.
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Les Vastres | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 8.3%. For its 100 residents in work, Les Vastres has 50 jobs: 0.6 each. Also worth knowing: 9.1% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Les Vastres recorded 10 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near Les Vastres. Best known first.
Les Vastres has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Dolmen des Pennes: Photo: Thomas Guyard · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Les Vastres as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Vastres | 192 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon | 2,501 | 4.9 | — | A− | — | B |
| Tence | 3,111 | 8.5 | — | A | — | C |
| Le Cheylard Ardèche | 2,803 | 9.8 | — | A | — | C+ |
| Yssingeaux | 7,415 | 12 | A | A− | B | C |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade | 3,432 | 15 | — | B+ | — | B |
| Dunières | 2,670 | 16 | — | A | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Les Vastres is a commune of 192 people in the Communauté de communes Mézenc-Loire-Meygal. 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) · 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 4, 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.