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SéneujolsHaute-Loire

The town, home to 323 people, lies in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Séneujols a good place to live?

Séneujols isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 12% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Séneujols stand out

The one thing Séneujols does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Sainte-Anne
Église Sainte-Anne · Inscrit · Photo: Bastien marie-françoise · CC BY-SA 4.0
Séneujols’ story

Séneujols in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Séneujols counts 8 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 7 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1930.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1930First protected: Croix de 1772 en pierre
  • 2003Most recently protected: Château de Séneujols
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Séneujols.

History

Séneujols keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 33% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Séneujols is Dolmen de Seneujols ou palet de Gargantua. On the Culture ministry’s list, Séneujols counts 8 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 7 inscrit at the second. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 5 of 8.

8historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit7

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1930
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Séneujols has fewer young adults than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 8.6% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, lower than both Haute-Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Séneujols is 48.8 years old.

48.8median age
SéneujolsHaute-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education28%

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 Séneujols
SéneujolsHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–248.6%11%11%
25–4424%21%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+20%25%22%
No diploma14%19%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education28%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Séneujols than in Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 2.8%

No commute at all: 2.0% of working residents in Séneujols at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 9.0%. Half of residents lived on more than €26,270 a year per consumption unit, near both Haute-Loire’s towns (€25,730) and compared French towns (€25,970).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
0
jobs based in Séneujols, 0.1 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
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 Séneujols than in Haute-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.11/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €7.61/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 9 homes were sold in Séneujols.

€8.11/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Séneujols€8.11/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Loire median€8.91/m²
€8.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.51 to €10.11/m² a month)
€7.61/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 Séneujols

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Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Séneujols counts 8 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 7 inscrit at the second.

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Photo credits

Dolmen de Seneujols ou palet de Gargantua: Photo: Nolgan · CC0

Famous people from Séneujols

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Séneujols as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Séneujols’ 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 →
Vals-près-le-PuyCoubonEspaly-Saint-MarcelLe Puy-en-VelayPolignacChadracVals-près-le-PuyCoubonEspaly-Saint-MarcelLe Puy-en-VelayPolignacChadracSéneujols
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Séneujols323—————
Vals-près-le-Puy3,3956.6A+A−AA−
Coubon3,1407.2—A−—C+
Espaly-Saint-Marcel3,5857.3A+A−B+A−
Le Puy-en-Velay18,5407.6BA−DC
Polignac2,8198.8—B+—B
Chadrac2,5429.1—B—A−

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

About Séneujols

Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Séneujols is a commune of 323 people in the Communauté de communes des Pays de Cayres et de Pradelles. 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
323 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Pays de Cayres et de Pradelles
Département
Haute-Loire (43)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.3 km²)
INSEE code
43238

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.