Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 220 in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Saint-Gérons is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 2 things Saint-Gérons does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Gérons as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Laroquebrou, 2.4 mi away.
36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Gérons.
The 15-to-24 age group: 6.9%, below both Cantal’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 13% of the town. Half the people of Saint-Gérons are older than 54.6.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Gérons | Cantal median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.8% of the labour force are out of work. Jobs based in Saint-Gérons number 50, against 100 residents in work (0.5 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €23,970 a year per consumption unit, near Cantal’s towns (€24,340) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.72/m² a month. Saint-Gérons recorded 12 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Saint-Gérons. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Gérons is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Gérons yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gérons | 220 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ytrac | 4,339 | 7.9 | — | A | — | B− |
| Aurillac | 26,214 | 11 | A− | A | C+ | C+ |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère | 6,361 | 12 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
| Saint-Céré Lot | 3,429 | 17 | A− | B+ | A− | B |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne Corrèze | 2,881 | 18 | A+ | A | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Gérons is a commune of 220 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
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.