Aurillac grades A− overall: better than 84% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (C+): an average of 9.2 recorded violent incidents and 15.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,400/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Aurillac Agglomération. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 33% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Aurillac 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 Aurillac.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
32.6% of commuters in Aurillac go to work without a car, more than in Cantal’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Aurillac comes above both Cantal’s towns (17.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Aurillac has 22,050 jobs for 10,400 working residents, 2.1 per worker.
33%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving63%
On foot23%
Bicycle5%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
22,050
jobs based in Aurillac, 2.1 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 96% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Aurillac gets an A for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,400/m², close to Cantal’s towns (€1,411/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Only one of the 5 towns in Cantal costs less to buy into than Aurillac, whose median sale is €1,400/m². In Aurillac, houses go for €1,707/m² and apartments for €1,321/m².
€1,400/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aurillac€1,400/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Cantal median€1,411/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,707/m²
317
Apartments
€1,321/m²
1,002
€9.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.32 to €12.33/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.07/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
History
27 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 27 historic monuments in Aurillac: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 24 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2008.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Aurillac skews young, with 14% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns
Aurillac sits above both Cantal’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Under-15s account for 12% of the population.
48.4median age
AurillacCantal medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Aurillac has more crime per resident than 64% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 643 offenses in the graded categories in Aurillac in 2025. For armed robbery, 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, 0.1% of the index here.
9.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage296
Other physical violence118
Sexual violence73
Family violence71
Theft from vehicles33
Burglary30
Vehicle theft22
Theft without violence233
Fraud158
Drug use108
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.
9.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
643
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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
HealthHealth C+
Aurillac’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 57% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 4,202 residents of Aurillac died, against 3,791 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. Its 10 care homes for older people (782 places) count their residents as Aurillac’s; allowing for them, deaths were 10% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
32
GPs in Aurillac · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
0.3 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
Abbatiale Saint-Géraud: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien château fort Saint-Etienne: Photo: B.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame-aux-Neiges: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Immeuble de Surrel: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
Paul Doumer: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Marie Marvingt: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Émile Duclaux: Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain · Marie-Hélène Lafon: Mickaël Schauli, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Christophe Laborie: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jacques Mézard: Antinhactrobador, CC BY-SA 4.0
Aurillac’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aurillac
Is Aurillac safe?
It grades C+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 296 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Aurillac good?
They grade B+, better than 69% 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 Aurillac expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.50/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aurillac grades A for cost of living.
About Aurillac
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Aurillac is a commune of 26,214 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.
