Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,983 in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Lorette grades C+ overall: better than 41% of compared French towns, and #43 of 48 in Loire. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. At the median price of €2,309/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Saint-Etienne Métropole. Its strongest is walkability (A): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Lorette 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lorette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Anciennes usines Marrel, in Châteauneuf, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lorette.
14.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to both Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 11.0% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Lorette sits below both Loire’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François TruffautNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 93%+2 pts |
| Lycée Georges BrassensNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 293 | 94%−3 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame des Collines PrivateBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 99 | 91%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,309/m², comes from 126 sales of houses and apartments in Lorette from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Lorette sell for €2,765/m² and apartments for €1,770/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.25/m² a month, close to Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,765/m² | 75 |
| Apartments | €1,770/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Lorette above both Loire’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 23% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Lorette | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 96 offenses in the graded categories in Lorette in 2025. For sexual violence and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.8% of the index here.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 491 residents of Lorette died, against 485 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Its care home for older people (75 places) counts its residents as Lorette’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Heritage, family days out and gardens in and near Lorette. Best known first.
ZooEspace zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine4.5 km north, in Saint-Martin-la-PlaineChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Grange Merlin3.4 km southwest, in Saint-Paul-en-JarezGardenGardenLes croqueurs de pommes du terroir du Jarez2.2 km southwest, in La Grand-CroixMuseumMuseumLa Mourine - maison des forgerons3.9 km north, in Saint-Martin-la-PlaineChâteauChâteauChâteau du Mollard2.5 km east, in ChâteauneufAttractionAttractionPierre de Chagnon3.6 km northwest, in ChagnonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Lorette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Lorette.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorette | 4,983 | — | C+ | C+ | B− | B− |
| La Grand-Croix | 4,947 | 1.1 | C+ | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Genilac | 3,839 | 1.5 | B | C | B | A− |
| Rive-de-Gier | 15,242 | 1.8 | C− | B | D | C |
| Saint-Paul-en-Jarez | 4,699 | 1.9 | A− | C− | B+ | B |
| Saint-Martin-la-Plaine | 3,764 | 2.5 | A | C | A− | A |
| L'Horme | 4,806 | 2.5 | C | C+ | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #30 of 48 in Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 39 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #43 of 50 in Loire. 94% of 293 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Georges Brassens in 2025, 3 points below 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 €2,309/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Lorette grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lorette is a commune of 4,983 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 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.