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Population 1,456: a town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 43% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is walkability — 3% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median price paid is €1,839/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Rozier-en-Donzy 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.
The 2 things Rozier-en-Donzy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rozier-en-Donzy 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.
Rozier-en-Donzy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rozier-en-Donzy 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, 8.8 mi away.
21% 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 Rozier-en-Donzy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Loire, women can expect to live 85.6 years and men 80.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 112 residents of Rozier-en-Donzy died, against 169 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Rozier-en-Donzy is Hopitaux Nord Ouest de Tarare, 10 mi away. 2 GPs practise in the town.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 96% of sales, apartments for the rest. The market in Rozier-en-Donzy: 49 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,852/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rozier-en-Donzy holds 150 jobs; 650 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. At the census, 5.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults, above Loire’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The middle age in Rozier-en-Donzy is 48.6.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Rozier-en-Donzy | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Rozier-en-Donzy. Best known first.
Nothing in Rozier-en-Donzy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rozier-en-Donzy yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rozier-en-Donzy | 1,456 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Panissières | 2,911 | 3.2 | — | A+ | — | B+ |
| Balbigny | 2,911 | 4.3 | B | B | A | C+ |
| Feurs | 8,367 | 4.7 | A− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Tarare Rhône | 10,893 | 10 | B+ | B+ | C | B+ |
| Montrond-les-Bains | 5,652 | 11 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
| Vindry-sur-Turdine Rhône | 5,305 | 12 | A | C | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rozier-en-Donzy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 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 Rozier-en-Donzy grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rozier-en-Donzy is a commune of 1,456 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 November 9, 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.