Where it does best is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 44% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is a strength too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are its weak spot: bac results 9 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Getting around depends on the car: 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Pouilly-lès-Feurs 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.
Each subject compares Pouilly-lès-Feurs 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 Pouilly-lès-Feurs.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Pouilly-lès-Feurs sees fewer deaths than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 56 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Loire: 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 118 deaths in Pouilly-lès-Feurs from 2016 to 2025; there were 66, 44% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pouilly-lès-Feurs is Hopitaux Nord Ouest de Tarare, 11.7 mi away.
−44%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw56
Adjusted56
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Pouilly-lès-Feurs · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopitaux Nord Ouest de Tarare
15.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch du Forez site de Montbrison
85.6 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Pouilly-lès-Feurs costs less than in Loire’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.38/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,089/m², comes from 43 sales of houses and apartments in Pouilly-lès-Feurs from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 43 homes were sold in the town.
€2,089/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pouilly-lès-Feurs€2,089/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire median€2,075/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,111/m²
42
€9.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.11 to €12.37/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,300
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Forez-Est
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Bac results near Pouilly-lès-Feurs 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.
For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 3.2 mi away. The brevet pass rate near Pouilly-lès-Feurs is 90.0%, near Loire’s towns (89.9%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Pouilly-lès-Feurs has lower unemployment than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 5.7%
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.3% of commuters travelled at the census. For its 600 residents in work, Pouilly-lès-Feurs has 200 jobs: 0.3 each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,230 a year.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Pouilly-lès-Feurs, 0.3 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 34% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Pouilly-lès-Feurs keeps more of its old housing than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2011. Pouilly-lès-Feurs has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century.
4historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit3
10th c.
oldest protected part
1911
first monument protected
2011
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pouilly-lès-Feurs
Is Pouilly-lès-Feurs safe?
Pouilly-lès-Feurs has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Pouilly-lès-Feurs good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pouilly-lès-Feurs expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,089/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pouilly-lès-Feurs grades B+ for cost of living.
About Pouilly-lès-Feurs
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pouilly-lès-Feurs is a commune of 1,231 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
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.
