Pont-Salomon’s strongest subject is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,969/m² takes 5.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Loire et Semène. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C): just over three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,969/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pont-Salomon 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 Pont-Salomon 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.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Nyagrodha · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien presbytère, actuellement mairie: Photo: Nyagrodha · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pont-Salomon.
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Pont-Salomon run below what its ages would predict: 68 per 100 expected, fewer than in Haute-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
−32%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Pont-Salomon. Average lifespans in Haute-Loire: 85.7 years for women, 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 143 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 116, 19% fewer.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted68
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Pont-Salomon · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Firminy
4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Firminy
85.7 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Pont-Salomon are 65 or over: 17%, below Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
41.7median age
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 12% of residents. Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Haute-Loire’s towns (16%). Typical age in Pont-Salomon: 41.7, the median.
Pont-SalomonHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 108 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
History
4 historic monuments, none of them classé
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 13% of the total, higher than both Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 19th century.
Pont-Salomon is a commune of 1,875 people in the Communauté de communes Loire et Semène. 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
1,875 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loire et Semène
Département
Haute-Loire (43)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
3.3 sq mi (8.7 km²)
INSEE code
43153
Pont-Salomon’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 Pont-Salomon
Is Pont-Salomon safe?
Pont-Salomon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Pont-Salomon good?
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pont-Salomon expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pont-Salomon grades A− for cost of living.
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.
