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This town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,085.
Coutouvre’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (C−). Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes change hands at a median €1,685/m².
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). Coutouvre 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 Coutouvre does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coutouvre 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.
Coutouvre 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 Coutouvre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison à pans de bois, in Charlieu, 6 mi away.
26% 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 Coutouvre.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Coutouvre from July 2023 to June 2026: 32 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,685/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 5.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Jobs based in Coutouvre number 200, against 500 residents in work (0.4 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 17%, close to both Loire’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town. The median resident of Coutouvre is 45.1 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Coutouvre | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 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.
216 deaths in Coutouvre between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 161: 34% above. The nearest emergency department to Coutouvre is Centre hospitalier de Roanne, 6.5 mi away. In Loire, women can expect to live 85.6 years and men 80.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner here.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
Nothing in Coutouvre is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Coutouvre.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coutouvre | 1,085 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs Rhône | 5,771 | 5.8 | A− | A+ | C+ | B |
| Cours Rhône | 4,306 | 6.1 | A− | A+ | B− | C+ |
| Charlieu | 3,766 | 6.2 | A− | A | C− | B+ |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu | 2,588 | 6.4 | — | A | — | A+ |
| Le Coteau | 6,845 | 6.7 | A | A− | B− | B+ |
| Mably | 7,233 | 6.7 | B+ | A− | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Coutouvre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 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 Coutouvre grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coutouvre is a commune of 1,085 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Roannais 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 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.