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This town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 6,845.
Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cost of living is another plus — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. What holds it back is jobs & income — 1.7 jobs per working resident; 11.6% unemployment. All told, that adds up to an A overall and a rank of #12 of 48 in Loire. That leaves it better than 89% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Le Coteau does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Coteau 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 Le Coteau 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, 1.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Coteau.
Of those in the labour force, 11.6% are unemployed. At the census, 16.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,520 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, below both Loire’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). Under 15: just over one in ten residents. People aged 15 to 24 are 9.1% of the population.
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Le Coteau | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 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.
A house in Le Coteau goes for €1,870/m², an apartment for €1,245/m². The estimated advertised rent is €9.70/m² a month, about level with Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 353 homes locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,870/m² | 118 |
| Apartments | €1,245/m² | 235 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Le Coteau, 94.6% passed the bac, close to Loire’s towns (93.4%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #18 of 50 in Loire.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les ÉtinesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 86%−2 pts |
| Lycée Jean PuyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 265 | 100%+3 pts |
| Collège Albert ThomasBest against expectations: 20 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 69 | 97%+20 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its three care homes for older people (348 places) count their residents as Le Coteau’s; allowing for them, deaths were 18% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,283 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,335, 4% more. 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. For a family doctor, residents of Le Coteau can choose among 20 GPs.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Jobs outnumber working residents in Le Coteau (4,000 to 2,400): it draws people in from around. Police and gendarmerie figures for Le Coteau show 144 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 8.2 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.1. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (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 armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.3% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Le Coteau. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette1.8 km northwest, in RoanneAttractionAttractionStation Ozoin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beaulieu3.5 km west, in RiorgesAttractionAttractionMaison de la Prévôté3.9 km south, in ParignyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Vincent2.7 km southeast, in Saint-Vincent-de-BoissetPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Le Coteau is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
8 notable people were born in Le Coteau.
Romain Poyet: Benoit-caen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yves Nicolin: Arneon42, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Christelle Dubos: Mllekarma, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Henri Giraud: Fredamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pierre-Yves Ginet: Bruno Amsellem, CC BY-SA 4.0
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It grades B− for safety, #28 of 48 in Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 60 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #18 of 50 in Loire. The lycée stands out: 100% of 265 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Puy in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Coteau grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le Coteau is a commune of 6,845 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.