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1,701 residents make their home in this town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Just 16% of residents are 65 or older.
Aveizieux’s strongest is schools (A): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Health is another plus: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (D). At the median price of €2,500/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Forez-Est.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Aveizieux 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.
The 2 things Aveizieux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aveizieux 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.
Aveizieux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Aveizieux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Symphorien, in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise, 5.9 mi away.
17% 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 Aveizieux.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joseph Collard PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 185 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €29,310 a year per consumption unit, above both Loire’s towns (€25,635) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 850 residents in work, Aveizieux has 150 jobs: 0.2 each. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.4% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 96 deaths in Aveizieux from 2016 to 2025; there were 73, 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Aveizieux is Hopital Nord Chu de Saint Etienne, 6 mi away.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Just over two in five adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). What’s more, the share aged 15 to 24 is 8.5%.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Aveizieux | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
53 sales of houses and apartments in Aveizieux, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,500/m². The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 53 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,548/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Aveizieux. Best known first.
Nothing in Aveizieux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Aveizieux yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aveizieux | 1,701 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Saint-Héand | 3,665 | 2.7 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Saint-Galmier | 5,829 | 3.3 | A− | C+ | A | C− |
| Veauche | 8,975 | 4.2 | A | C+ | A− | A |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon | 5,543 | 4.9 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| La Fouillouse | 4,630 | 5.4 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B |
| L'Étrat | 2,879 | 5.6 | A− | C− | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aveizieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 95% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aveizieux grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Aveizieux is a commune of 1,701 people in the Communauté de communes de Forez-Est. 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.