Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon’s best grade is for cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability (C): 42% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon.
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon costs less than in Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.99/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,890/m²: 62 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 89% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. A house rents for an estimated €8.36/m² a month.
€1,890/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon€1,890/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Loire median€1,646/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,096/m²
55
€7.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.21 to €10.26/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Sucs
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon run higher than in 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (52 places) counts its residents as Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 5% below expected. 283 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 230: 23% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon is Centre hospitalier de Firminy, 13.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon can choose among 6 GPs.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Firminy
13.6 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
Fewer people in Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon are out of work than in Haute-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.2%
2.7% of Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,320 a year per consumption unit, in line with Haute-Loire’s towns (€25,730) and compared French towns (€25,970).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
800
jobs based in Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon, 0.6 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 20% of Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon, above Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents. The age that splits Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon in two is 41.2. 29% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Haute-Loire’s towns (27%).
41.2median age
Saint-Maurice-de-LignonHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
3 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people averaged 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 6.7. Over 2025, Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon logged 22 recorded offenses. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
2.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage15
Family violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
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.
2.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
33.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (33.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de La Tour-Maubourg and 4 more in and around Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon. Best known first.
Pont de Confolent: Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Rue43120 (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de la Tour-Maubourg: Photo: Saint-john7 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon
Is Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon safe?
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,890/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon grades A− for cost of living.
About Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon is a commune of 2,688 people in the Communauté de communes des Sucs. 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
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.
