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Saint-AmandinCantal

This town in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 225.

Is Saint-Amandin a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Saint-Amandin has none. Holiday and other second homes account for 43% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 36% of residents.

What makes Saint-Amandin stand out

The 2 things Saint-Amandin does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
église Saint-Étienne
église Saint-Étienne · Inscrit · Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Amandin’s story

Saint-Amandin in pictures

Saint-Amandin has 2 historic monuments 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 1949.

38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1949First protected: église Saint-Étienne
  • 1984Most recently protected: Viaduc de Barajols
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Amandin.

Who lives here

Saint-Amandin has fewer young adults than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 4.4% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 make up 10%, lower than both Cantal’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 21% of adults. Half the people of Saint-Amandin are older than 58.5.

58.5median age
Saint-AmandinCantal medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Amandin
Saint-AmandinCantal medianFrance median
Under 1510%12%17%
15–244.4%10%11%
25–4417%20%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+36%28%22%
No diploma21%20%19%
CAP or BEP32%27%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education21%26%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Saint-Amandin: 38% were built before 1919, more than in Cantal’s towns or compared French towns

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

Saint-Amandin has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
12th c.
oldest protected part
1949
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Saint-Amandin than in Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 7.9%

Jobs located in Saint-Amandin: 50, for 100 residents in work (0.4 each). No commute at all: 4.5% of working residents here at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,570 a year per consumption unit, near Cantal’s towns (€24,340) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot8%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Amandin, 0.4 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Saint-Amandin is €9.35/m² a month

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

Houses accounted for 96% of sales, apartments for the rest. The market in Saint-Amandin: 23 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €6.59/m² a month.

€9.35/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Amandin€9.35/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cantal median€9.36/m²
€9.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.88 to €12.71/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 Saint-Amandin

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Landmarks

Saint-Amandin has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

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Photo credits

église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Saint-Amandin

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About Saint-Amandin

Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Saint-Amandin is a commune of 225 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Gentiane. 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
225 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Gentiane
Département
Cantal (15)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
12.4 sq mi (32 km²)
INSEE code
15170

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.