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2,911 people call this town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add schools to its strengths (A−) — brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Homes go for a median €1,388/m². People aged 65 and over make up 29% of residents.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Panissières has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Panissières does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Panissières 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.
Panissières has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Panissières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Bussière, in Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé, 7.3 mi away.
24% 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 Panissières.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest. 115 houses and apartments changed hands in Panissières from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,436/m² | 108 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #10 of 50 in Loire.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des Montagnes du MatinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 91 | 92%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.2%, below both Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 16% of residents are children under 15. At 49.4, the median resident of Panissières sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Panissières | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Panissières: 1,300, for 1,250 residents in work (1 each). No commute at all: 4.2% of working residents in the town at the census. After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,230 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Its two care homes for older people (125 places) count their residents as Panissières’; allowing for them, deaths were 17% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 536 residents of Panissières died, against 496 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. The nearest emergency department to Panissières is Hopitaux Nord Ouest de Tarare, 8.2 mi away. 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Nothing in Panissières is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Panissières.
Jean Berthelier: Unknown author Unknown author // Photographer unidentified, Public domain · Jean-Benoît Chouzy: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panissières | 2,911 | — | — | A+ | — | B+ |
| Feurs | 8,367 | 6.6 | A− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Balbigny | 2,911 | 7.4 | B | B | A | C+ |
| Tarare Rhône | 10,893 | 8.4 | B+ | B+ | C | B+ |
| Vindry-sur-Turdine Rhône | 5,305 | 9.7 | A | C | B+ | A− |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon | 5,543 | 11 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Montrond-les-Bains | 5,652 | 12 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Panissières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 85% of compared French towns and #10 of 50 in Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Panissières grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Panissières is a commune of 2,911 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
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.