Pélussin grades A+ overall: better than almost every compared French town, and #1 of 48 in Loire. At the median price of €2,043/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pilat Rhodanien. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Pélussin 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pélussin.
Safety
Pélussin records less crime per resident than 88% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Pélussin was criminal damage (2025). For 2025, the figures show 37 offenses in the town.
5.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage12
Vehicle theft8
Sexual violence7
Other physical violence5
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Fraud24
Theft without violence7
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
5.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
37
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 11.6% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
95.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #11 of 50 in Loire. The nearest general lycée is 6.8 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Pélussin gets an A− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €2,329/m² in Pélussin, apartments for €1,662/m². The estimated advertised rent is €10.03/m² a month, about level with Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 109 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,043/m².
€2,043/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pélussin€2,043/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire median€2,075/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,329/m²
78
Apartments
€1,662/m²
31
€10.03/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.85 to €12.82/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pilat Rhodanien
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Pélussin loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 77 per 100 expected, below Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pélussin is Clinique des Cotes du Rhone, 7.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 563 residents of Pélussin died, against 512 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. Women in Loire live to 85.6 on average and men to 80.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Loire town has 6 family doctors.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Pélussin · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique des Cotes du Rhone
8.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital du Gier Mco
85.6 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Pélussin are out of work than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.0%
Pélussin has 1,400 jobs for 1,600 working residents, 0.9 per worker. The median disposable income was €27,180 a year per consumption unit, above both Loire’s towns (€25,635) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 4.4% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot7%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,400
jobs based in Pélussin, 0.9 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,180
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Pélussin are 15 to 24: 7.9%, fewer than in both Loire’s towns and compared French towns
26% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 38% of adults, higher than both Loire’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). At 47.1, the median resident of Pélussin sits in the middle of the age range.
47.1median age
PélussinLoire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education38%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Pélussin keeps more of its old housing than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Pélussin, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2016. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
16th c.
oldest protected part
2001
first monument protected
2016
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pélussin
Is Pélussin safe?
It grades A for safety, #8 of 48 in Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Pélussin good?
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns and #11 of 50 in Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pélussin expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,043/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pélussin grades A− for cost of living.
About Pélussin
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pélussin is a commune of 3,727 people in the Communauté de communes du Pilat Rhodanien. 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
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.
