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In Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 2,415 residents.
The local economy does well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 54% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,500/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Loire Forez Agglomération. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B− for health.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Cyprien 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 one thing Saint-Cyprien does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Cyprien 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.
Saint-Cyprien 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 Saint-Cyprien as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Saint-Rambert, in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Cyprien.
The unemployment rate comes to 7.2%. Half of residents lived on more than €28,150 a year per consumption unit, above Loire’s towns (€25,635) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.9% of working residents in Saint-Cyprien didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Cyprien, 94.3% passed the bac, near Loire’s towns (93.4%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 174 | 83%−5 pts |
| Lycée François Mauriac - ForezNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 436 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Anne FrankBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 199 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. At 45.4, the median resident of Saint-Cyprien sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Cyprien | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 161 deaths in Saint-Cyprien from 2016 to 2025; there were 144, 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Cyprien is Hopital Nord Chu de Saint Etienne, 7.2 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,500/m², comes from 71 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Cyprien from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.85/m² a month, higher than Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €10.29/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,566/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Cyprien. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Bouthéon2.5 km east, in Andrézieux-Bouthéon
MuseumMusée des civilisations de Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert3.9 km south, in Saint-Just-Saint-RambertChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sury4 km west, in Sury-le-ComtalMuseumMuseumL'Aventure du Train2.3 km southeast, in Andrézieux-BouthéonWater parkWater parkNautiform2.8 km east, in Andrézieux-BouthéonArt galleryArt galleryFlux Libre4.5 km southeast, in Saint-Just-Saint-RambertPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Saint-Cyprien 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 Saint-Cyprien 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Cyprien | 2,415 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Bonson | 4,557 | 1.1 | A | B− | A+ | A− |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon | 10,425 | 1.6 | B− | C | C | B |
| Sury-le-Comtal | 6,621 | 2.4 | A | A− | B+ | A |
| Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | 15,764 | 2.6 | A− | B− | B+ | C+ |
| Veauche | 8,975 | 3.2 | A | C+ | A− | A |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez | 5,116 | 4.4 | A+ | B | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Cyprien has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. 98% of 436 candidates passed the bac at Lycée François Mauriac - Forez in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Cyprien grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Cyprien is a commune of 2,415 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Loire Forez 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
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 4, 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.