Présailles is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 55% of its housing. It skews older: just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Présailles stand out
The 2 things Présailles does most differently from other towns.
Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge: Photo: FredSeiller · CC0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Présailles.
Who lives here
Présailles has fewer young adults than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 5.6% are 15 to 24
53.5median age
13% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Haute-Loire’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town. Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here.
PrésaillesHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education13%
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
Old homes shape Présailles: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Présailles is Château de Vachères. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Money is tighter in Présailles than in Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €21,250 a year per consumption unit
11%walk, cycle or take transit
The jobless rate is 5.3%. Nearly a tenth of Présailles’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot11%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Présailles, 0.4 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Présailles is a commune of 108 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
Population
108 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Mézenc-Loire-Meygal
Département
Haute-Loire (43)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
8.6 sq mi (22.3 km²)
INSEE code
43156
Présailles’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
