FrançaisGuest, Sign inJoin
France›Cantal›Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

La MonselieCantal

The town has 112 residents and lies in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is La Monselie a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so La Monselie has none. Second homes make up 43% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up nearly a third of residents.

What makes La Monselie stand out

The 2 things La Monselie does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
La Monselie’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
La Monselie’s story

1 historic monument, none of them classé

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in La Monselie; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.

51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1984First protected: Château de Murat-la-Rabbe
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Monselie.

Who lives here

Older residents shape La Monselie: 32% are 65 or over, above Cantal’s towns and compared French towns

People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. 13% are under 15, between Cantal’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 16% of adults.

55.2median age
La MonselieCantal medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat27%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Monselie
La MonselieCantal medianFrance median
Under 1513%12%17%
15–248.7%10%11%
25–4414%20%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+32%28%22%
No diploma18%20%19%
CAP or BEP27%27%26%
Baccalauréat27%19%18%
Higher education16%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

La Monselie keeps more of its old housing than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 51% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in La Monselie; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
15th c.
oldest protected part
1984
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in La Monselie are out of work than in Cantal’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.3%

At the census, 2.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Cantal’s towns (17.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Public transport2%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in La Monselie, 0.4 per working resident
4.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in La Monselie than in Cantal’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.24/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in La Monselie from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments.

€7.24/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Monselie€7.24/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cantal median€9.36/m²
€7.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.74 to €9.13/m² a month)
€6.59/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Monselie

11pages on La Monselie

Landmarks

La Monselie has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →

Famous people from La Monselie

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Monselie yet.

How we find them →

La Monselie’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Cantal →
MauriacMauriacLa Monselie
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Monselie112—————
Mauriac3,44913AA+CB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About La Monselie

Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

La Monselie is a commune of 112 people in the Communauté de communes Sumène - Artense. 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

Population
112 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Sumène - Artense
Département
Cantal (15)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
3.4 sq mi (8.8 km²)
INSEE code
15128

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.