Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,110 people call this town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Montagny’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on walkability as well (C). Homes go for a median €1,742/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Montagny 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 one thing Montagny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montagny 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.
Montagny 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 Montagny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Voie romaine, in Thizy-les-Bourgs, 6 mi away.
39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montagny.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 153 deaths in Montagny from 2016 to 2025; there were 221, 45% more. The nearest emergency department to Montagny is Centre hospitalier de Roanne, 7.4 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 87% of what sold. The market in Montagny: 31 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 6.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Montagny has 300 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.6 per worker. After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,520 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.4%, below Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The under-15s are 18% of the population here. 25% of residents have reached 65.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Montagny | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Montagny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Montagny.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Montagny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montagny grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Montagny is a commune of 1,110 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.