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A town of 1,710 in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Briennon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Briennon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Briennon 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.
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Briennon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1978.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Briennon.
4.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 7.1%. Per resident in work, Briennon counts 0.6 jobs (450 jobs, 700 workers).
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.
The median price, €1,707/m², comes from 58 sales of houses and apartments in Briennon from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,712/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 23% have a degree. Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Under-15s account for 16% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Briennon | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Loire live to 85.6 on average and men to 80.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 251 deaths in Briennon from 2016 to 2025; there were 278, 11% more. Its care home for older people (62 places) counts its residents as Briennon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 17% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Briennon is Centre hospitalier de Roanne, 7.4 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Briennon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In 2025, 15 offenses were recorded in Briennon. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.1 cases of violence against people and 9.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most locally was burglary (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (44.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Briennon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Briennon yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Briennon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,707/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Briennon grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Briennon is a commune of 1,710 people in the Communauté de communes Charlieu-Belmont. 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 October 30, 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.