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Home to 1,235 people, this town lies in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Veauchette’s strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is a strength too: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools lag: bac results 1.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.5 points below the expected rate.
Veauchette 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 2 things Veauchette does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Veauchette 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.
Veauchette 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 Veauchette 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, 4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Veauchette.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,060 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Loire’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Of those in the labour force, 5.9% are unemployed. Veauchette has 100 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
14% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 35% of adults, above Loire’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Veauchette has a median age of 38.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Veauchette | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 49 residents of Veauchette died, against 60 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 81 per 100 expected, near Loire’s towns (82) and lower than compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Veauchette is Hopital Nord Chu de Saint Etienne, 7.5 mi away. At birth, a girl in Loire can expect 85.6 years and a boy 80.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. 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.
House rents are put at about €10.29/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 29 homes in Veauchette.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 77% of 87 candidates passed the bac pro. Near Veauchette, 94.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Loire’s towns (93.4%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 2.1 mi to the nearest one.
| 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 |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In Veauchette, police and gendarmerie logged 0 offenses of the graded kinds 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
Other places to visit, family days out and museums in and near Veauchette. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Bouthéon1.8 km southeast, in Andrézieux-BouthéonWater parkWater parkNautiform3.3 km southeast, in Andrézieux-BouthéonMuseumMuseumL'Aventure du Train4.1 km south, in Andrézieux-BouthéonChâteauChâteauChâteau Martouret3.8 km south, in Andrézieux-BouthéonAttractionAttractionFontaine Saint-Maurice2.8 km northwest, in CraintilleuxPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Veauchette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Veauchette as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veauchette | 1,235 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Veauche | 8,975 | 1.8 | A | C+ | A− | A |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon | 10,425 | 2 | B− | C | C | B |
| Bonson | 4,557 | 2.9 | A | B− | A+ | A− |
| Sury-le-Comtal | 6,621 | 3.5 | A | A− | B+ | A |
| Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | 15,764 | 4 | A− | B− | B+ | C+ |
| Saint-Galmier | 5,829 | 4 | A− | C+ | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Veauchette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 35% 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.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Veauchette is a commune of 1,235 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) · 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 October 30, 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.