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4,142 people live in this town in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
A solid town with one catch. Saint-Romain-le-Puy ranks #9 of 48 in Loire, with an A overall. That leaves it better than 90% of compared French towns. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 4.4 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. Homes sell for a median €2,134/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Loire Forez Agglomération. What counts against it is schools (C−): brevet results 3 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Romain-le-Puy 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.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Romain-le-Puy counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Romain-le-Puy counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Ancien prieuré: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Romain-le-Puy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 355 deaths in Saint-Romain-le-Puy from 2016 to 2025; there were 239, 33% fewer. Life expectancy in Loire: 85.6 years for women and 80.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Romain-le-Puy can choose among 4 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.
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Romain-le-Puy (2025). All told, Saint-Romain-le-Puy had 38 recorded offenses 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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 10.7% 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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #50 of 50 in Loire. The nearest general lycée is 4.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léonard de VinciNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 161 | 84%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,134/m²: 141 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Romain-le-Puy between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.18/m² a month, close to Loire’s towns (€10.17/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 82% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,174/m² | 115 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
7.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Saint-Romain-le-Puy holds 1,200 jobs; 1,900 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Saint-Romain-le-Puy didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Romain-le-Puy is Ancien prieuré. Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 27% of adults. Saint-Romain-le-Puy has a median age of 42.7.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Romain-le-Puy | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 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-Romain-le-Puy. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Saint-Romain-le-Puy.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Romain-le-Puy is a commune of 4,142 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
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-Romain-le-Puy | 4,142 | — | A | B+ | A | A+ |
| Sury-le-Comtal | 6,621 | 3.2 | A | A− | B+ | A |
| Savigneux | 3,509 | 4.3 | A+ | B− | A− | B |
| Montbrison | 16,123 | 4.5 | A− | B+ | C− | B− |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez | 5,116 | 4.7 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Bonson | 4,557 | 5 | A | B− | A+ | A− |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon | 10,425 | 7 | B− | C | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #4 of 48 in Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns. 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 €2,134/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Romain-le-Puy 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.