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A town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,712 people.
Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf’s strongest subject is walkability: nearly three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents’ health trails most towns (C−). Buying 70 m² at the median €2,069/m² takes 5.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pilat Rhodanien. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, C+ for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf 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-Pierre-de-Bœuf 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-Pierre-de-Bœuf has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Champagne, 7.8 mi away.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, above Loire’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88) alike. From 2016 to 2025, 223 residents of Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf died, against 176 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% more. Average lifespans in Loire: 85.6 years for women, 80.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf can choose among 5 GPs.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Half of residents lived on more than €26,860 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Loire’s towns (€25,635). Jobs based in Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf number 400, against 800 residents in work (0.5 per worker). The jobless rate is 8.0%.
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.
The nearest collège is 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Frédéric MistralNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 78%−8 pts |
| Lycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 77 | 100%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé François Verguin PrivateBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 22 | 100%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf was criminal damage (2025). Violence against people ran at 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.5 (2023–2025 average). Recorded offenses here came to 23 in 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and burglary, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 23.7% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Loire’s towns (25%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population. Graduates make up 31% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
72 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,069/m². Among the homes sold, 79% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 72 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,136/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf. Best known first.
AttractionCentrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban3.2 km north, in Saint-Maurice-l'ExilChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lupé3 km west, in LupéWater parkWater parkCentre Nautique Aqualône2.8 km northeast, in Saint-Maurice-l'ExilChâteauChâteauChâteau actuel1.2 km west, in MallevalChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cheymé3.7 km southwest, in CharnasChâteauChâteauChâteau de Volan1.1 km northwest, in MallevalPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf is a commune of 1,712 people in the Communauté de communes du Pilat Rhodanien. 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
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-Pierre-de-Bœuf | 1,712 | — | — | B− | B | C− |
| Saint-Maurice-l'Exil Isère | 6,889 | 2 | C | C+ | C+ | B |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon Isère | 6,718 | 2.6 | C− | B− | D− | B− |
| Chavanay | 2,884 | 2.7 | C+ | B− | C+ | C− |
| Roussillon Isère | 8,595 | 3.3 | C− | B− | C− | B− |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne Isère | 4,606 | 4.1 | C− | C+ | D | B |
| Pélussin | 3,727 | 4.2 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 77 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,069/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf grades B− for cost of living.
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.