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Croizet-sur-GandLoire

The town has 320 residents and lies in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Croizet-sur-Gand a good place to live?

Croizet-sur-Gand isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Croizet-sur-Gand’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Croizet-sur-Gand’s story

No historic monuments in Croizet-sur-Gand

The Culture ministry lists no building in Croizet-sur-Gand as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Saint-Vincent, in Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset, 8.3 mi away.

22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Croizet-sur-Gand.

Who lives here

A town of families: 24% of people in Croizet-sur-Gand are under 15, more than in Loire’s towns or compared French towns

Among adults, 23% have a degree. 7.2% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents.

41.6median age
Croizet-sur-GandLoire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Croizet-sur-Gand
Croizet-sur-GandLoire medianFrance median
Under 1524%17%17%
15–247.2%11%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+18%25%22%
No diploma23%20%19%
CAP or BEP29%29%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education23%28%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Croizet-sur-Gand are out of work than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.6%

Croizet-sur-Gand holds 50 jobs; 150 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. At the census, 7.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,150 a year.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Croizet-sur-Gand, 0.4 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Croizet-sur-Gand than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.22/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €7.33/m² a month. Croizet-sur-Gand recorded 10 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.22/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Croizet-sur-Gand€8.22/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Loire median€10.17/m²
€8.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.41 to €10.54/m² a month)
€7.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Peray and 2 more in and around Croizet-sur-Gand

Heritage in and near Croizet-sur-Gand. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Croizet-sur-Gand

12pages on Croizet-sur-Gand

Landmarks

Nothing in Croizet-sur-Gand is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Croizet-sur-Gand

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Croizet-sur-Gand yet.

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Croizet-sur-Gand’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Loire →
AmplepuisBalbignyThizy-les-BourgsCommelle-VernayLe CoteauPanissièresAmplepuisBalbignyThizy-les-BourgsCommelle-VernayLe CoteauPanissièresCroizet-sur-Gand
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Croizet-sur-Gand320—————
Amplepuis Rhône4,8766.4A−ACB−
Balbigny2,9116.9BBAC+
Thizy-les-Bourgs Rhône5,7719.5A−A+C+B
Commelle-Vernay3,0509.8A+A−A+A−
Le Coteau6,84510AA−B−B+
Panissières2,91110—A+—B+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Croizet-sur-Gand

Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Croizet-sur-Gand is a commune of 320 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays entre Loire et Rhône. 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

Population
320 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays entre Loire et Rhône
Département
Loire (42)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
2.3 sq mi (6 km²)
INSEE code
42077

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 8, 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.