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Some 10,425 people live in this town, in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Andrézieux-Bouthéon grades B− overall, better than 46% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #40 of 48 in Loire. It also trails on safety: an average of 10.2 recorded violent incidents and 16.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its best grade is for walkability — 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools, B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Andrézieux-Bouthéon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Andrézieux-Bouthéon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Andrézieux-Bouthéon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Saint-Rambert, in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, 2.3 mi away.
4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Andrézieux-Bouthéon.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,690 a year per consumption unit, about level with Loire’s towns (€25,635) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Andrézieux-Bouthéon has 13,050 jobs for 4,250 working residents, 3.1 per worker. Bus, tram or train carried 6.1% of working residents in Andrézieux-Bouthéon to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €2,584/m² in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, apartments for €1,889/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.77/m² a month, above Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in the town: 316 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,584/m² | 149 |
| Apartments | €1,889/m² | 167 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for Andrézieux-Bouthéon show 263 offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Andrézieux-Bouthéon (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Andrézieux-Bouthéon is 94.5%, about level with Loire’s towns (93.4%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #31 of 50 in Loire.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 174 | 83%−5 pts |
| Lycée François Mauriac - ForezNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 436 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Anne FrankBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 199 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 852 residents of Andrézieux-Bouthéon died, against 892 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Its care home for older people (92 places) counts its residents as Andrézieux-Bouthéon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Loire is 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 26 general practitioners locally.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than both Loire’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Andrézieux-Bouthéon has a median age of 41.3. The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, other places to visit and family days out in and near Andrézieux-Bouthéon. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Bouthéonin town
MuseumMusée des civilisations de Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert3.7 km southwest, in Saint-Just-Saint-RambertMuseumMuseumL'Aventure du Trainin townWater parkWater parkNautiformin townChâteauChâteauChâteau Martouretin townArt galleryArt galleryFlux Libre3.5 km south, in Saint-Just-Saint-RambertPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Andrézieux-Bouthéon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Andrézieux-Bouthéon.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon | 10,425 | — | B− | C | C | B |
| Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | 15,764 | 2.1 | A− | B− | B+ | C+ |
| Bonson | 4,557 | 2.4 | A | B− | A+ | A− |
| Veauche | 8,975 | 2.6 | A | C+ | A− | A |
| La Fouillouse | 4,630 | 3.2 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B |
| Sury-le-Comtal | 6,621 | 3.9 | A | A− | B+ | A |
| Saint-Galmier | 5,829 | 5.1 | A− | C+ | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #34 of 48 in Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 97 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #31 of 50 in Loire. 98% of 436 candidates passed the bac at Lycée François Mauriac - Forez in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Andrézieux-Bouthéon grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Andrézieux-Bouthéon is a commune of 10,425 people in the Saint-Etienne Métropole. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.