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1,495 people call this town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Cost of living is its weak spot — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. La Tour-en-Jarez 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 La Tour-en-Jarez 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.
La Tour-en-Jarez 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 La Tour-en-Jarez as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monument aux morts, in Saint-Étienne, 3.1 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near La Tour-en-Jarez. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne4.9 km south, in Saint-Étienne
MuseumMusée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole2.1 km southwest, in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
MuseumMusée des transports urbains de Saint-Étienne et sa région2.3 km southwest, in Saint-Priest-en-JarezMuseumMuseumMusée des Verts2.7 km south, in Saint-ÉtienneMuseumMuseumLa Platine3.8 km south, in Saint-ÉtienneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vivert1.4 km north, in L'ÉtratPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Tour-en-Jarez.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €12.05/m² a month, higher than Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 33 houses and apartments changed hands in La Tour-en-Jarez from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 85% houses, the rest apartments.
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.
There is one general practitioner in La Tour-en-Jarez. Life expectancy at birth in Loire is 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: 74 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 97: 23% below.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
17% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: just over a fifth of residents. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.6% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| La Tour-en-Jarez | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les ChampsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 185 | 79%−8 pts |
| Lycée Simone WeilNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 238 | 95%−2 pts |
| Collège Jules VallèsBest against expectations: 22 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 65 | 94%+22 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 7.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 5.0% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in La Tour-en-Jarez is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Tour-en-Jarez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Tour-en-Jarez | 1,495 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| L'Étrat | 2,879 | 0.8 | A− | C− | B | A− |
| Saint-Priest-en-Jarez | 6,471 | 1 | B+ | C | C− | A |
| La Talaudière | 7,133 | 1.9 | B | C− | C | B+ |
| Villars | 7,664 | 2.1 | A | B+ | C | A |
| Sorbiers | 8,116 | 2.6 | B+ | C− | B | A− |
| Saint-Héand | 3,665 | 3.2 | — | C+ | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Tour-en-Jarez has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. 95% of 238 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Simone Weil in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Tour-en-Jarez grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Tour-en-Jarez is a commune of 1,495 people in the Saint-Etienne Métropole. 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.