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In Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,042 residents.
Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 24% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is walkability (D).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Villemontais 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 Villemontais does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villemontais 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.
Villemontais 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 Villemontais 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, 2.8 mi away.
31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villemontais.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 96% of what sold. Sales in Villemontais from July 2023 to June 2026: 26 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.6% of commuters travelled at the census. 5.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below Loire’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Villemontais holds 100 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Loire: 85.6 years for women, 80.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 67 residents of Villemontais died, against 92 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Villemontais is Clinique Medico Chirurgicale de Renaison, 5.9 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The share of residents under 15 is 19%. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, near Loire’s towns (25%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Residents of Villemontais have a median age of 47.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Villemontais | Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Villemontais. Best known first.
Nothing in Villemontais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Villemontais.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villemontais | 1,042 | — | — | A+ | — | A |
| Villerest | 5,172 | 4.4 | A+ | B+ | A | A |
| Renaison | 3,231 | 4.9 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Commelle-Vernay | 3,050 | 5.3 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Riorges | 11,139 | 6.1 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Roanne | 35,409 | 6.8 | B+ | A | D | B+ |
| Le Coteau | 6,845 | 7 | A | A− | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villemontais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Villemontais is a commune of 1,042 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.