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PaulhacCantal

Home to 431 people, this town lies in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Paulhac a good place to live?

Paulhac has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 33% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Paulhac stand out

The one thing Paulhac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Julien
Église Saint-Julien · Inscrit · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Paulhac’s story

Paulhac in pictures

Paulhac has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1968.

46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Jean-Louis Charbonnel, born in 1848, is the one person born in Paulhac before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1968First protected: Église Saint-Julien
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Paulhac.

Who lives here

Paulhac has fewer young adults than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7% are 15 to 24

One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, near Cantal’s towns (28%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). At 48.4, the median resident of Paulhac sits in the middle of the age range.

48.4median age
PaulhacCantal medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Paulhac
PaulhacCantal medianFrance median
Under 1517%12%17%
15–247.7%10%11%
25–4421%20%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+27%28%22%
No diploma14%20%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat25%19%18%
Higher education22%26%30%

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

History

Paulhac keeps more of its old housing than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 46% built before 1919

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

The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century. Paulhac has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1968
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Paulhac are out of work than in Cantal’s towns or across compared French towns: 3.6%

Half of residents lived on more than €23,850 a year per consumption unit, about level with Cantal’s towns (€24,340) and below compared French towns (€25,970). 100 jobs are based in Paulhac, for 200 working residents (0.5 per worker). No commute at all: 12.7% of working residents locally at the census.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving74%
On foot11%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Paulhac, 0.5 per working resident
3.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
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 Paulhac than in Cantal’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.25/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €6.90/m² a month. Paulhac recorded 14 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€7.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Paulhac€7.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cantal median€9.36/m²
€7.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.16 to €10.20/m² a month)
€6.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Bélinay and 3 more in and around Paulhac

Heritage in and near Paulhac. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Paulhac

12pages on Paulhac

Landmarks

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

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Julien: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Paulhac

One notable person was born in Paulhac.

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Paulhac’s neighbors

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

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Saint-FlourSaint-FlourPaulhac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Paulhac431—————
Saint-Flour6,3918.9A+ABB+

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

About Paulhac

Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Paulhac is a commune of 431 people in the Saint-Flour Communauté. 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
431 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Saint-Flour Communauté
Département
Cantal (15)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
18 sq mi (46.5 km²)
INSEE code
15148

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.