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Over-65s are 30% of the population. Some 1,334 people live in this town, in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Schools do well: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Health is a strength too (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,579/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Loire Forez Agglomération. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Écotay-l'Olme 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 2 things Écotay-l'Olme does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Écotay-l'Olme 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.
Écotay-l'Olme has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Écotay-l'Olme has 2 historic monuments 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 1949.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Écotay-l'Olme.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Écotay-l'Olme is 96.2%, higher than both Loire’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 0.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Mario MeunierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 258 | 98%+3 pts |
| Lycée de BeauregardNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 296 | 98%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Jean-Baptiste d'Allard Don Bosco PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 71 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per resident in work, Écotay-l'Olme counts 0.1 jobs (50 jobs, 550 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €31,230 a year per consumption unit, above both Loire’s towns (€25,635) and compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 4.6% of working residents in Écotay-l'Olme to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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. 84 deaths in Écotay-l'Olme between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 110: 24% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Écotay-l'Olme is Ch du Forez site de Montbrison, 1.2 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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Degrees are held by just over two in five adults, higher than both Loire’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). 30% of residents are 65 or over. Ages in Écotay-l'Olme split evenly at 50.5: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Écotay-l'Olme | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 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, €2,579/m², comes from 37 sales of houses and apartments in Écotay-l'Olme from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,579/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 5.6% of the total, below Loire’s towns (7.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Graded property crimes ran at 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.9 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes in Écotay-l'Olme, the most frequent was other physical violence (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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Écotay-l'Olme. Best known first.
MuseumMusée d'Allard1.7 km north, in Montbrison
AttractionSalle des États de Forez et maison Latour1.6 km northeast, in MontbrisonAttractionAttractionDonjonin townMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Oratoriens de Montbrison1.9 km northeast, in MontbrisonMuseumMuseumLa Diana1.6 km northeast, in MontbrisonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The list names few of Écotay-l'Olme’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Écotay-l'Olme as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écotay-l'Olme | 1,334 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Montbrison | 16,123 | 1 | A− | B+ | C− | B− |
| Savigneux | 3,509 | 1.9 | A+ | B− | A− | B |
| Saint-Romain-le-Puy | 4,142 | 4.4 | A | B+ | A | A+ |
| Sury-le-Comtal | 6,621 | 7.5 | A | A− | B+ | A |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez | 5,116 | 8.8 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Bonson | 4,557 | 9.3 | A | B− | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Écotay-l'Olme has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns. 98% of 296 candidates passed the bac at Lycée de Beauregard in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,579/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Écotay-l'Olme grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Écotay-l'Olme is a commune of 1,334 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 November 4, 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.