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In Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,298 residents.
Boisset-Saint-Priest’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: a fifth of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Boisset-Saint-Priest 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 one thing Boisset-Saint-Priest does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Boisset-Saint-Priest 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.
Boisset-Saint-Priest 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 Boisset-Saint-Priest as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont du Diable à Vérine, in Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez, 1.7 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 Boisset-Saint-Priest.
6.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below Loire’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Boisset-Saint-Priest has 150 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Median disposable income comes to €26,970 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Behind the median of €2,097/m²: 33 houses and apartments sold in Boisset-Saint-Priest between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,097/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Loire can expect 85.6 years and a boy 80.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 76 deaths in Boisset-Saint-Priest between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 81: 6% below. The nearest emergency department to Boisset-Saint-Priest is Ch du Forez site de Montbrison, 7.8 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Among adults, 34% have a degree. Half of Boisset-Saint-Priest is older than 42, half younger.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Boisset-Saint-Priest | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Boisset-Saint-Priest. Best known first.
Nothing in Boisset-Saint-Priest 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 Boisset-Saint-Priest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boisset-Saint-Priest | 1,298 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez | 5,116 | 2.8 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Saint-Romain-le-Puy | 4,142 | 3.2 | A | B+ | A | A+ |
| Sury-le-Comtal | 6,621 | 4 | A | A− | B+ | A |
| Bonson | 4,557 | 5.1 | A | B− | A+ | A− |
| Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | 15,764 | 6.8 | A− | B− | B+ | C+ |
| Montbrison | 16,123 | 7.1 | A− | B+ | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Boisset-Saint-Priest has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,097/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Boisset-Saint-Priest grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Boisset-Saint-Priest is a commune of 1,298 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Loire Forez Agglomération. 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.