Schools do well: brevet results a point above the expected rate. Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is walkability (D−): 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 1% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Just over one in ten homes here are second homes.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Pierre-Eynac 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 Saint-Pierre-Eynac 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.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Pierre-Eynac: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1907.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1907First protected: Église Saint-Pierre
1973Most recently protected: Château de Bonneville
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pierre-Eynac.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
On foot, Saint-Pierre-Eynac works less well than 100% of compared French towns
The median disposable income was €27,120 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Haute-Loire’s towns (€25,730) and compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 1.3% of commuters travelled at the census. Saint-Pierre-Eynac has 250 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 4.8% of people in the labour force have no job.
1%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving96%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
250
jobs based in Saint-Pierre-Eynac, 0.3 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: behind almost every compared French town
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Saint-Pierre-Eynac is €9.11/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 96% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 27 homes were sold in Saint-Pierre-Eynac. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.43/m² a month.
€9.11/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Saint-Pierre-Eynac€9.11/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Loire median€8.91/m²
€9.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.15 to €11.61/m² a month)
€7.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,830
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Mézenc-Loire-Meygal
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-Pierre-Eynac sees fewer deaths than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 77 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haute-Loire, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 55 residents of Saint-Pierre-Eynac died, against 72 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Pierre-Eynac is Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay, 7.1 mi away.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw77
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Pierre-Eynac · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
7.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
85.7 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A town of families: 21% of people in Saint-Pierre-Eynac are under 15, more than in Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below both Haute-Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Graduates make up 36% of adults.
40.3median age
Saint-Pierre-EynacHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Pierre-Eynac: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Pierre-Eynac
Is Saint-Pierre-Eynac safe?
Saint-Pierre-Eynac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Pierre-Eynac good?
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Saint-Pierre-Eynac
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Pierre-Eynac is a commune of 1,288 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
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.
