Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 27% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is a strength too: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 6.4% unemployment. Second homes make up a tenth of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Solignac-sur-Loire 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 Solignac-sur-Loire 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Solignac-sur-Loire’s ages would predict, 80 per 100 expected, under Haute-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 176 deaths in Solignac-sur-Loire from 2016 to 2025; there were 220, 25% more. Life expectancy in Haute-Loire: 85.7 years for women and 80 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: this Haute-Loire town has one family doctor.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw125
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Solignac-sur-Loire · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Puy En Velay
5.9 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
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
45.8median age
18% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Haute-Loire’s towns (16%). Solignac-sur-Loire has a median age of 45.8. Over-65s are a quarter of the population.
Solignac-sur-LoireHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Solignac-sur-Loire has lower unemployment than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4%
5%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 5.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Loire’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €25,240 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
550
jobs based in Solignac-sur-Loire, 0.9 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 43% of compared French towns
Solignac-sur-Loire is a commune of 1,289 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay. 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
1,289 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay
Département
Haute-Loire (43)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
9.3 sq mi (24.2 km²)
INSEE code
43241
Solignac-sur-Loire’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Solignac-sur-Loire
Is Solignac-sur-Loire safe?
Solignac-sur-Loire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 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.
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.
