Briare grades C overall: better than 29% of compared French towns, and #34 of 43 in Loiret. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 12 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
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 Briare 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 34% of people in Briare are 65 or over, more than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.6% of residents. 14% are under 15, below Loiret’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by a fifth of adults.
54.1median age
BriareLoiret medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Briare costs less than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.23/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,518/m², lower than both Loiret’s towns (€1,877/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 160 homes in Briare.
€1,518/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Briare€1,518/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loiret median€1,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,533/m²
155
€9.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.20 to €11.82/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Berry Loire Puisaye
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Briare than in 67% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 122 offenses in Briare in 2025. Violence against people ran at 11.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 14.3 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
11.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage44
Other physical violence23
Sexual violence19
Burglary16
Family violence14
Theft from vehicles6
Armed robbery0
Fraud30
Theft without violence23
Drug use8
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.
11.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
122
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.3%
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 · For vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Briare are out of work than in Loiret’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.7%
Jobs based in Briare number 1,850, against 1,600 residents in work (1.2 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €23,530 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 4.8% of working residents locally at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot7%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,850
jobs based in Briare, 1.2 per working resident
14.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
4 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Loiret’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Briare’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 54% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Briare can choose among 4 GPs. Its two care homes for older people (174 places) count their residents as Briare’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 755 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 841, 11% more. In Loiret, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Briare · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centrehospitalier Pierre Dezarnaulds Gien
5.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centrehospitalier Pierre Dezarnaulds Gien
85.4 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loiret, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Jackogamer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont-canal sur la Loire (également sur commune de Saint-Firmin-sur-Loire): Photo: Michel CLAIR · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Monument de Frédéric Bapterosses: Photo: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Monument de Jean-Félix Bapterosses: Photo: AntonyB · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Briare
Is Briare safe?
It grades C for safety, #35 of 43 in Loiret. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Briare good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Briare expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Briare grades A− for cost of living.
About Briare
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Briare is a commune of 4,911 people in the Communauté de communes Berry Loire Puisaye. 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.
