People here tend to be in good health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is jobs & income — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 10.7% unemployment. Homes go for a median €1,460/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Pouilly-sous-Charlieu has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 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.
Château de Vougy: Photo: Jackydarne · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Montrenard: Photo: Jackydarne · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pouilly-sous-Charlieu.
HealthHealth A+
Deaths in Pouilly-sous-Charlieu run below what its ages would predict: 65 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Loire’s towns and compared French towns
−35%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 254 residents of Pouilly-sous-Charlieu died, against 317 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pouilly-sous-Charlieu is Centre hospitalier de Roanne, 7 mi away. The town has one family doctor. Life expectancy in Loire: 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted65
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Pouilly-sous-Charlieu · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Roanne
7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Roanne
85.6 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Pouilly-sous-Charlieu than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.00/m² a month
€1,460/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 89% were houses. 71 houses and apartments changed hands in Pouilly-sous-Charlieu from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.86/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pouilly-sous-Charlieu€1,460/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire median€2,075/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,509/m²
63
€8.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.29 to €10.16/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,260
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Charlieu-Belmont
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Pouilly-sous-Charlieu than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults
49.2median age
28% of residents are 65 or over, above Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. Pouilly-sous-Charlieu has a median age of 49.2.
Pouilly-sous-CharlieuLoire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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
Old homes shape Pouilly-sous-Charlieu: 21% were built before 1919, more than in both Loire’s towns and compared French towns
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 4 historic monuments in Pouilly-sous-Charlieu; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Only 6.0% of commuters in Pouilly-sous-Charlieu go to work without a car, fewer than in both Loire’s towns and compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment runs at 10.7%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,430 a year per consumption unit, below both Loire’s towns (€25,635) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.6% of Pouilly-sous-Charlieu’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
800
jobs based in Pouilly-sous-Charlieu, 0.8 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 47% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Pouilly-sous-Charlieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
2.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Among the graded crimes in Pouilly-sous-Charlieu, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.2 violent offenses and 10.9 graded property crimes a year. 35 offenses were reported in Pouilly-sous-Charlieu during 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage21
Burglary14
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
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.
2.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
35
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
26.4%
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (26.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Pouilly-sous-Charlieu is a commune of 2,588 people in the Communauté de communes Charlieu-Belmont. 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
2,588 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Charlieu-Belmont
Département
Loire (42)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
6.4 sq mi (16.5 km²)
INSEE code
42177
Pouilly-sous-Charlieu’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pouilly-sous-Charlieu
Is Pouilly-sous-Charlieu safe?
Pouilly-sous-Charlieu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Is Pouilly-sous-Charlieu expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pouilly-sous-Charlieu grades A for cost of living.
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.
