Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are another plus (A): brevet results a point above the expected rate. At €1,732/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Roannais Agglomération. The rest of its grades are middling: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-André-d'Apchon 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 Saint-André-d'Apchon 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 Saint-André-d'Apchon.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-André-d'Apchon sees fewer deaths than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 65 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-André-d'Apchon can choose among 3 GPs. Women in Loire live to 85.6 on average and men to 80.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 204 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 133, 35% fewer.
−35%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw65
Adjusted65
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-André-d'Apchon · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Medico Chirurgicale de Renaison
6.9 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-André-d'Apchon than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.31/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,732/m²: 63 houses and apartments sold in Saint-André-d'Apchon between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 63 homes were sold locally. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,732/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-André-d'Apchon€1,732/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire median€2,075/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,750/m²
61
€8.31/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.40 to €10.80/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,630
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Roannais Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-André-d'Apchon keeps more of its old housing than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-André-d'Apchon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Saint-André-d'Apchon has fewer young adults than Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, higher than both Loire’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). Half of Saint-André-d'Apchon is older than 48.4, half younger. Children are 17% of the town.
48.4median age
Saint-André-d'ApchonLoire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer people in Saint-André-d'Apchon are out of work than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.4%
7.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. For its 900 residents in work, Saint-André-d'Apchon has 200 jobs: 0.2 each. Half of residents lived on more than €27,780 a year per consumption unit, above Loire’s towns (€25,635) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Saint-André-d'Apchon, 0.2 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-André-d'Apchon
Is Saint-André-d'Apchon safe?
Saint-André-d'Apchon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-André-d'Apchon good?
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-André-d'Apchon expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,732/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-André-d'Apchon grades A− for cost of living.
About Saint-André-d'Apchon
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-André-d'Apchon is a commune of 1,966 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Roannais Agglomération. 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.
