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NieudanCantal

109 residents make their home in this town in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Nieudan a good place to live?

Nieudan has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 31% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 38% of residents.

What makes Nieudan stand out

The 2 things Nieudan does most differently from other towns.

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

2 historic monuments, none of them classé

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Nieudan; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2007.

36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2007First protected: Grange Maziol
  • 2008Most recently protected: Pigeonnier - chapelle du Bruel
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nieudan.

Who lives here

Few people in Nieudan are 15 to 24: 6.2%, fewer than in Cantal’s towns and across compared French towns

Under-15s account for 9.7% of the population. Degrees are held by 31% of adults, higher than Cantal’s towns (26%) and near compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: residents of Nieudan have a median age of 58.8.

58.8median age
NieudanCantal medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 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.

Ages and diplomas in Nieudan
NieudanCantal medianFrance median
Under 159.7%12%17%
15–246.2%10%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6426%27%26%
65+38%28%22%
No diploma16%20%19%
CAP or BEP26%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education31%26%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Nieudan: 36% were built before 1919, more than in Cantal’s towns and across compared French towns

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

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Nieudan; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 17th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
17th c.
oldest protected part
2007
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Nieudan has lower unemployment than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 2.2%

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving100%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Nieudan, 0.3 per working resident
2.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Nieudan costs less than in Cantal’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.76/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 4 homes in Nieudan.

€7.76/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Nieudan€7.76/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cantal median€9.36/m²
€7.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.23 to €9.68/m² a month)
€7.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Châteu de Bruel and 3 more in and around Nieudan

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Nieudan. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Nieudan

12pages on Nieudan

Landmarks

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Nieudan; none is classé, France’s top protection.

All monuments →

Famous people from Nieudan

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Nieudan yet.

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Nieudan’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 →
YtracAurillacArpajon-sur-CèreArgentat-sur-DordogneMauriacYtracAurillacArpajon-sur-CèreArgentat-sur-DordogneMauriacNieudan
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Nieudan109—————
Ytrac4,3398.2—A—B−
Aurillac26,21411A−AC+C+
Arpajon-sur-Cère6,36113AA−A+B−
Argentat-sur-Dordogne Corrèze2,88117A+AAC
Mauriac3,44917AA+CB−

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

About Nieudan

Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Nieudan is a commune of 109 people in the Communauté de communes de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne. 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
109 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne
Département
Cantal (15)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.8 sq mi (12.4 km²)
INSEE code
15143

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 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.