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1,170 residents make their home in this town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Housing is within reach (A+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 28% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes beat most towns (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is its weak spot — 59% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne 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-Léger-sur-Roanne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne 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-Léger-sur-Roanne 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-Léger-sur-Roanne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Muraille de porphyre dite Château Brûlé, in Villerest, 4.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 25 homes were sold in Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 109 deaths in Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne from 2016 to 2025; there were 76, 30% fewer. Women in Loire live to 85.6 on average and men to 80.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne is Clinique Medico Chirurgicale de Renaison, 2.6 mi away.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 3.4 mi away. A collège lies 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert SchweitzerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 87%−2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Sainte-Anne PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 21 | 100%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,030 a year per consumption unit. 100 jobs are based in Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne, for 550 working residents (0.2 per worker). At the census, 6.7% 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
Degrees are held by 32% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Loire’s towns (28%). Half the people of Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne are older than 47.6. The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne.
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-Léger-sur-Roanne | 1,170 | — | — | A+ | — | A |
| Riorges | 11,139 | 2.1 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Villerest | 5,172 | 3.2 | A+ | B+ | A | A |
| Roanne | 35,409 | 3.4 | B+ | A | D | B+ |
| Renaison | 3,231 | 3.4 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Mably | 7,233 | 3.8 | B+ | A− | C+ | B− |
| Commelle-Vernay | 3,050 | 4.1 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne is a commune of 1,170 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.