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A town of 484 in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Néronde a good place to live?

Néronde is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Néronde stand out

The one thing Néronde does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle du cimetière
Chapelle du cimetière · Inscrit · Photo: Patrick gazel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Néronde’s story

Néronde in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Néronde; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 2015.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Pierre Duvant, born in 1758, is the one person born in Néronde before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 2015First protected: Chapelle du cimetière
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Néronde.

Who lives here

Néronde has fewer young adults than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 8.7% are 15 to 24

27% of residents are 65 or over, above both Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Néronde has a median age of 48.8. Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here.

48.8median age
NérondeLoire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Néronde
NérondeLoire medianFrance median
Under 1518%17%17%
15–248.7%11%11%
25–4419%22%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+27%25%22%
No diploma21%20%19%
CAP or BEP23%29%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education27%28%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Néronde: 44% were built before 1919, more than in both Loire’s towns and compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Néronde; none is classé, France’s top protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
14th c.
oldest protected part
2015
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Néronde walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 4.4%

8.2% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Loire’s towns (8.6%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Néronde counts 0.8 jobs (150 jobs, 200 workers). Also worth knowing: after tax and benefits, the median income is €24,770 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
150
jobs based in Néronde, 0.8 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,770
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

Bac results near Néronde run low: 79.0% passed, below Loire’s towns and compared French towns

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest collège is 2.4 mi off. General-bac pupils go 5.9 mi to the nearest lycée. Near Néronde, 90.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with Loire’s towns (89.9%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Néronde90.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Néronde79.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Michel de MontaigneNearest collègeCollègeCollège10590%±0 pts
Lycée professionnel Pierre CotonNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée2479%−9 pts
79%
passed the vocational bac, −9 pts against the expected rate
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Néronde than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.22/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Houses were 89% of what sold. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 19 homes in Néronde.

€8.22/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Néronde€8.22/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Loire median€10.17/m²
€8.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.41 to €10.54/m² a month)
€7.33/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Tour Coton and 6 more in and around Néronde

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Néronde. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Néronde

13pages on Néronde

Landmarks

Néronde has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Chapelle du cimetière: Photo: Patrick gazel · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Néronde

One notable person was born in Néronde.

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Néronde’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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BalbignyPanissièresFeursAmplepuisTarareBoën-sur-LignonBalbignyPanissièresFeursAmplepuisTarareBoën-sur-LignonNéronde
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Néronde484—————
Balbigny2,9112.4BBAC+
Panissières2,9116—A+—B+
Feurs8,3676.7A−B+B−C+
Amplepuis Rhône4,87610A−ACB−
Tarare Rhône10,89311B+B+CB+
Boën-sur-Lignon3,00113BA+C−C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Néronde

Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Néronde is a commune of 484 people in the Communauté de communes de Forez-Est. 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

Population
484 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Forez-Est
Département
Loire (42)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
3.3 sq mi (8.6 km²)
INSEE code
42154

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.