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A town of 1,540 in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Bussières has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 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 one thing Bussières does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bussières 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 Bussières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Bussière, in Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé, 7.6 mi away.
30% 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 Bussières.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,469/m², below both Loire’s towns (€2,075/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €7.33/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 51 homes in Bussières.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,469/m² | 51 |
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.
In Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 389 deaths in Bussières between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 256: 52% above. The nearest emergency department to Bussières is Hopitaux Nord Ouest de Tarare, 8.9 mi away. The town has one family doctor.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
27% of residents are 65 or over, above both Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Bussières in two is 47.7. Children are 17% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Bussières | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Median disposable income comes to €24,370 a year per consumption unit. 350 jobs are based in Bussières, for 650 working residents (0.5 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Bussières. Best known first.
Nothing in Bussières is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bussières.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bussières | 1,540 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Balbigny | 2,911 | 3.9 | B | B | A | C+ |
| Panissières | 2,911 | 4.5 | — | A+ | — | B+ |
| Feurs | 8,367 | 6.8 | A− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Tarare Rhône | 10,893 | 9.1 | B+ | B+ | C | B+ |
| Amplepuis Rhône | 4,876 | 10 | A− | A | C | B− |
| Vindry-sur-Turdine Rhône | 5,305 | 11 | A | C | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bussières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bussières grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bussières is a commune of 1,540 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 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.