Good value, with catches elsewhere. Health is its strong suit: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add cost of living to its strengths — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side (C−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. All told, that adds up to an A overall and a rank of #15 of 48 in Loire. It comes out better than 85% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Sury-le-Comtal 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 Sury-le-Comtal.
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Sury-le-Comtal run below what its ages would predict: 70 per 100 expected, fewer than in Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 411 residents of Sury-le-Comtal died, against 494 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Sury-le-Comtal is Ch du Forez site de Montbrison, 8.3 mi away. In Loire, women can expect to live 85.6 years and men 80.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Loire town has 4 family doctors.
−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Sury-le-Comtal · 5.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch du Forez site de Montbrison
8.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch du Forez site de Montbrison
85.6 · 80.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Sury-le-Comtal than in Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.45/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,962/m², comes from 231 sales of houses and apartments in Sury-le-Comtal from July 2023 to June 2026. A house in Sury-le-Comtal goes for €2,125/m², an apartment for €1,243/m². The sales split: 85% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,962/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sury-le-Comtal€1,962/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loire median€2,075/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,125/m²
197
Apartments
€1,243/m²
34
€9.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.21 to €12.38/m² a month)
5.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Loire Forez Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 21% of Sury-le-Comtal, above Loire’s towns and compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of the town. 18% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Loire’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Sury-le-Comtal by age and the one in the middle is 39.7.
39.7median age
Sury-le-ComtalLoire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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
Safety
Per resident, Sury-le-Comtal sees less crime than 66% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 114 offenses in Sury-le-Comtal. Violence against people averaged 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9.8. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
8.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage49
Family violence24
Other physical violence16
Sexual violence15
Burglary10
Armed robbery0
Fraud30
Theft without violence20
Drug use17
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.
8.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
114
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of 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, 3.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
3 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Sury-le-Comtal is Château de Sury-le-Comtal. Houses and mansions, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
84.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #29 of 50 in Loire. At the lycées within 5 km of Sury-le-Comtal, 93.0% passed the bac, about level with both Loire’s towns (93.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Fewer commuters in Sury-le-Comtal walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4%
The median disposable income is €24,260 a year per consumption unit. 2.4% of Sury-le-Comtal’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 9.0%, between Loire’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,350
jobs based in Sury-le-Comtal, 0.5 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sury-le-Comtal
Is Sury-le-Comtal safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #17 of 48 in Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 49 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sury-le-Comtal good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #29 of 50 in Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sury-le-Comtal expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,962/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sury-le-Comtal grades A− for cost of living.
About Sury-le-Comtal
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sury-le-Comtal is a commune of 6,621 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
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.
