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SalzuitHaute-Loire

330 people live in this town in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Salzuit a good place to live?

There are no grades for Salzuit: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.

Salzuit’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Salzuit’s story

1 historic monument, none of them classé

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Salzuit, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1980.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1980First protected: Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Grâces
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Landmarks

Salzuit has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salzuit.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Salzuit than in Haute-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults

51.2median age

26% of residents are 65 or over, close to Haute-Loire’s towns (25%) and above compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here. The middle age in Salzuit is 51.2.

SalzuitHaute-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Salzuit
SalzuitHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1513%16%17%
15–2411%11%11%
25–4420%21%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+26%25%22%
No diploma23%19%19%
CAP or BEP35%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education16%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Salzuit: 24% were built before 1919, more than in both Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns

1historic monument

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The protected list starts in the 14th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Salzuit, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
14th c.
oldest protected part
1980
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Only 4.3% of commuters in Salzuit go to work without a car, fewer than in both Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns

4%walk, cycle or take transit

Median disposable income comes to €24,470 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in Salzuit: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.5 each). 2.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot4%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Salzuit, 0.5 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Salzuit than in Haute-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.64/m² a month

€7.64/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 13 homes in Salzuit. Houses made up 92% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Salzuit€7.64/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Loire median€8.91/m²
€7.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.81 to €10.05/m² a month)
€6.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Salzuit

12pages on Salzuit
Nearby attractions

Château de Domeyrat and 2 more in and around Salzuit

Heritage in and near Salzuit. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Salzuit

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Salzuit yet.

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About Salzuit

Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Salzuit is a commune of 330 people in the Communauté de communes des Rives du Haut Allier. 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
330 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Rives du Haut Allier
Département
Haute-Loire (43)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
3.1 sq mi (8.1 km²)
INSEE code
43232

Salzuit’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Haute-Loire →
BrioudeLangeacSainte-FlorineBrassac-les-MinesBrioudeLangeacSainte-FlorineBrassac-les-MinesSalzuit
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Salzuit330—————
Brioude6,5277.8B−ADB
Langeac3,4998A+AA−B
Sainte-Florine3,28316A−AA−C−
Brassac-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme3,41216BAB−C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

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.