Good on most counts; one lags. Recorded crime is low: an average of 1.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. What holds it back is walkability (C): 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,629/m² takes 4.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Aurillac Agglomération. The overall grade comes out at A, better than 95% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and B− for health.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Arpajon-sur-Cère 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 Arpajon-sur-Cère.
Safety
For crime per resident, Arpajon-sur-Cère sits below 100% of compared French towns
Over 2025, Arpajon-sur-Cère logged 53 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
1.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage27
Burglary18
Family violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud32
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.
1.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
53
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
10.7%
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 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. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living A−
Homes in Arpajon-sur-Cère sell for €1,629/m² at the median, against €1,411/m² in Cantal’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.57/m² a month, about level with Cantal’s towns (€9.36/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Only one of the 5 towns in Cantal costs more to buy into than Arpajon-sur-Cère, whose median sale is €1,629/m². A house in Arpajon-sur-Cère goes for €1,687/m², an apartment for €1,576/m².
€1,629/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Arpajon-sur-Cère€1,629/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Cantal median€1,411/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,687/m²
143
Apartments
€1,576/m²
62
€9.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.68 to €11.93/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,910
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Aurillac Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Fewer people in Arpajon-sur-Cère are out of work than in Cantal’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.9%
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.3% of commuters travelled at the census. For its 2,850 residents in work, Arpajon-sur-Cère has 1,300 jobs: 0.5 each. Median disposable income comes to €26,880 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,300
jobs based in Arpajon-sur-Cère, 0.5 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 25% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Arpajon-sur-Cère are 15 to 24: 8.4%, fewer than in Cantal’s towns and across compared French towns
26% of residents are 65 or over, below Cantal’s towns (28%) but above compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population. Arpajon-sur-Cère has a median age of 49.8 years.
49.8median age
Arpajon-sur-CèreCantal medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Arpajon-sur-Cère, 93.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with both Cantal’s towns (94.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away. At the four general lycées, 96% of 477 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Arpajon-sur-Cère sees more deaths than 50% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (64 places) counts its residents as Arpajon-sur-Cère’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 596 residents of Arpajon-sur-Cère died, against 615 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. In Cantal, women can expect to live 84.4 years and men 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: there are 8 general practitioners here.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Arpajon-sur-Cère · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
2.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
84.4 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Cantal, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Arpajon-sur-Cère
Is Arpajon-sur-Cère safe?
It grades A+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Arpajon-sur-Cère good?
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. 95% of 43 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Gerbert in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Arpajon-sur-Cère expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Arpajon-sur-Cère grades A− for cost of living.
About Arpajon-sur-Cère
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Arpajon-sur-Cère is a commune of 6,361 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Aurillac 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.
