Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 37% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 35% of residents.
What makes Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers stand out
The 2 things Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers.
Who lives here
Children make up only 8.9% of Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers, fewer than in Cantal’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.1% of residents, below both Cantal’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). At 57, the median resident of Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers sits in the middle of the age range.
57median age
Saint-Bonnet-de-SalersCantal medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers: 39% 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.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers has lower unemployment than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 1.7%
10.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Cantal’s towns (17.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers counts 0.8 jobs (100 jobs, 100 workers). Households’ median disposable income: €24,150 a year per consumption unit.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot10%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers, 0.8 per working resident
1.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers than in Cantal’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.01/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.78/m² a month. The market in Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers: 16 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€7.01/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers€7.01/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cantal median€9.36/m²
€7.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.35 to €9.17/m² a month)
€7.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers is a commune of 246 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Salers. 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.
