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A town of 1,344 in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Neulise has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Neulise does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Neulise 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 Neulise as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Enceinte (ancienne), in Pommiers-en-Forez, 7.3 mi away.
25% 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 Neulise.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,431/m², below Loire’s towns (€2,075/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Houses were 97% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 39 homes were sold in Neulise.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,391/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 214 deaths in Neulise from 2016 to 2025; there were 316, 48% more. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, above Loire’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88) alike. The nearest emergency department to Neulise is Centre hospitalier de Roanne, 11 mi away. This Loire town has 3 family doctors.
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.
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, lower than both Loire’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. At 46.2, the median resident of Neulise sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Neulise | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.2% 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%). Per resident in work, Neulise counts 1.2 jobs (700 jobs, 550 workers). The median disposable income is €24,790 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Neulise is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Neulise.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neulise | 1,344 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Balbigny | 2,911 | 5.6 | B | B | A | C+ |
| Amplepuis Rhône | 4,876 | 8.9 | A− | A | C | B− |
| Commelle-Vernay | 3,050 | 8.9 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Le Coteau | 6,845 | 9.7 | A | A− | B− | B+ |
| Villerest | 5,172 | 9.8 | A+ | B+ | A | A |
| Panissières | 2,911 | 11 | — | A+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Neulise has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 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 Neulise grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Neulise is a commune of 1,344 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays entre Loire et Rhône. 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.