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Some 2,181 people live in this town, in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability (C) — nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median sale price is €1,641/m².
Naucelles 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 2 things Naucelles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Naucelles 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.
Naucelles 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 Naucelles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbatiale Saint-Géraud, in Aurillac, 2.1 mi away.
4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Naucelles. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Naucelles.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Naucelles. At birth, a girl in Cantal can expect 84.4 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 131 residents of Naucelles died, against 203 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% fewer.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Naucelles: 62 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,641/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Median disposable income comes to €27,500 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Naucelles number 400, against 950 residents in work (0.4 per worker). 3.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Cantal’s towns (17.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jeanne de la TreilheNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 52 | 98%+1 pt |
| Lycée général Émile DuclauxNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 218 | 99%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Gerbert PrivateBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 20 | 100%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 32% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 16%, above Cantal’s towns (12%) but below compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Naucelles are older than 49.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Naucelles | Cantal median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Naucelles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Naucelles yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naucelles | 2,181 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Aurillac | 26,214 | 2.4 | A− | A | C+ | C+ |
| Ytrac | 4,339 | 3.6 | — | A | — | B− |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère | 6,361 | 4.5 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Naucelles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.7 recorded violent incidents and 2.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns. 99% of 218 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Émile Duclaux in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Naucelles grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Naucelles is a commune of 2,181 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 October 30, 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.