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A town of 1,238 in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Luriecq’s best grade is for cost of living (A) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and C+ for health. It also trails on jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Luriecq 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 Luriecq does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Luriecq 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.
Luriecq has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Luriecq counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1916.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Luriecq.
3.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 7.8%, lower than both Loire’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,370 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,849/m²: 40 houses and apartments sold in Luriecq between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were four fifths of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 40 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,969/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 20%, above both Loire’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Luriecq is 41.5. 27% of adults hold a degree.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Luriecq | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Luriecq is Dolmen de Roche-Cubertelle. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Luriecq is Ch du Forez site de Montbrison, 11.2 mi away. 64 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 71: 10% below. Life expectancy in Loire: 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 10.9 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile FalabrègueNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 108 | 93%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Luriecq. Best known first.
The list names few of Luriecq’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Dolmen de Roche-Cubertelle: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Luriecq yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luriecq | 1,238 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez | 5,116 | 5.3 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Saint-Romain-le-Puy | 4,142 | 7.5 | A | B+ | A | A+ |
| Sury-le-Comtal | 6,621 | 8 | A | A− | B+ | A |
| Aurec-sur-Loire Haute-Loire | 6,164 | 8.4 | A | A− | A− | B+ |
| Bonson | 4,557 | 8.5 | A | B− | A+ | A− |
| Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | 15,764 | 9.2 | A− | B− | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Luriecq has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 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 55% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,849/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Luriecq grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Luriecq is a commune of 1,238 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.