Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 294 residents, it is a town in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lissac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 13% of homes here are second homes.
The one thing Lissac does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lissac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Roche-Lambert, in Saint-Paulien, 1.5 mi away.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lissac.
Half of Lissac is older than 47.4, half younger. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, near Haute-Loire’s towns (25%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 30% of adults.
45% women, 55% men
About 82 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Lissac | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.7% of commuters at the census. For its 150 residents in work, Lissac has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. Half of residents lived on more than €25,030 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Haute-Loire’s towns (€25,730) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
The market in Lissac: 11 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Lissac. Best known first.
Nothing in Lissac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lissac yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lissac | 294 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polignac | 2,819 | 6.4 | — | B+ | — | B |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel | 3,585 | 7.7 | A+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Chadrac | 2,542 | 8.2 | — | B | — | A− |
| Le Puy-en-Velay | 18,540 | 8.9 | B | A− | D | C |
| Vals-près-le-Puy | 3,395 | 9 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
| Brives-Charensac | 4,244 | 9.7 | A | A− | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lissac is a commune of 294 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
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.