Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (C): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,380/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Polminhac 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.
Each subject compares Polminhac 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Polminhac has a higher adjusted death rate than 84% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Polminhac: 103 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 113 residents of Polminhac died, against 110 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Polminhac is Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac, 6.9 mi away. At birth, a girl in Cantal can expect 84.4 years and a boy 80.2 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Polminhac · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
6.9 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
Polminhac has lower unemployment than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 5.2%
Polminhac holds 200 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,730 a year per consumption unit.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Public transport0%
200
jobs based in Polminhac, 0.4 per working resident
5.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 30% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Polminhac has fewer young adults than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 5.9% are 15 to 24
Retirement age and beyond: just over a quarter of residents are 65 or older. 18% are under 15, above Cantal’s towns (12%) and close to compared French towns (17%). At 47.9, the median resident of Polminhac sits in the middle of the age range.
47.9median age
PolminhacCantal medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
More protected monuments for its size in Polminhac than in Cantal or compared French towns: 50 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Polminhac has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Château fort de Pesteils. The protected list starts in the 10th century. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a fifth of the total, above Cantal’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Croix de chemin: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Victor: Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Vixouges: Photo: NdFrayssinet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Clavières: Photo: NdFrayssinet · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Polminhac
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Polminhac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Polminhac
Is Polminhac safe?
Polminhac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 2.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Polminhac expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Polminhac grades A for cost of living.
About Polminhac
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Polminhac is a commune of 1,197 people in the Communauté de communes Cère et Goul en Carladès. 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.
