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The town has 1,342 residents and lies in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,429/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Loire Forez Agglomération. Getting around depends on the car: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Craintilleux 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.
Each subject compares Craintilleux 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Craintilleux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Saint-Rambert, in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, 5.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Craintilleux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loire, women can expect to live 85.6 years and men 80.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 52 residents of Craintilleux died, against 82 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Craintilleux is Ch du Forez site de Montbrison, 9 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
The median disposable income was €28,110 a year per consumption unit, above Loire’s towns (€25,635) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 2.7% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, above Loire’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Children under 15 count for a fifth of the people here. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 12% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Craintilleux | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 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.
The median price, €2,429/m², comes from 30 sales of houses and apartments in Craintilleux from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.87/m² a month, higher than Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €10.29/m² a month.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Craintilleux 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 Craintilleux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craintilleux | 1,342 | — | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Veauche | 8,975 | 3 | A | C+ | A− | A |
| Sury-le-Comtal | 6,621 | 3.6 | A | A− | B+ | A |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon | 10,425 | 3.9 | B− | C | C | B |
| Bonson | 4,557 | 4 | A | B− | A+ | A− |
| Montrond-les-Bains | 5,652 | 4.2 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Galmier | 5,829 | 4.4 | A− | C+ | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Craintilleux 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 12 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,429/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Craintilleux grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Craintilleux is a commune of 1,342 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 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.