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1,283 people live in this town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (D−): 66% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median sale price is €1,800/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. Montverdun 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 Montverdun does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montverdun 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.
Montverdun has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Montverdun: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1981.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Montverdun. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montverdun.
For its 600 residents in work, Montverdun has 250 jobs: 0.5 each. 1.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loire, women can expect to live 85.6 years and men 80.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 208 residents of Montverdun died, against 150 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% more. The nearest emergency department to Montverdun is Ch du Forez site de Montbrison, 7.3 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.52/m² a month, near Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.88/m² a month. 31 houses and apartments changed hands in Montverdun from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,800/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Montverdun is Église, ancien prieuré et remparts. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 9.8% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
25% of adults hold a degree, below both Loire’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 19% of the population. Residents of Montverdun have a median age of 45.4.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Montverdun | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Montverdun has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église, ancien prieuré et remparts: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Montverdun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montverdun | 1,283 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Boën-sur-Lignon | 3,001 | 3.7 | B | A+ | C− | C− |
| Savigneux | 3,509 | 7.3 | A+ | B− | A− | B |
| Montbrison | 16,123 | 7.6 | A− | B+ | C− | B− |
| Feurs | 8,367 | 7.9 | A− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Balbigny | 2,911 | 9.3 | B | B | A | C+ |
| Montrond-les-Bains | 5,652 | 9.8 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montverdun has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 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 Montverdun grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Montverdun is a commune of 1,283 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 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.