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In Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 1,542 residents.
Saint-Paul-des-Landes’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (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 change hands at a median €1,789/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Paul-des-Landes 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.
The one thing Saint-Paul-des-Landes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Paul-des-Landes 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.
Saint-Paul-des-Landes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Saint-Paul-des-Landes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2019.
Jean-Baptiste Bonnefons, born in 1791, is the one person born in Saint-Paul-des-Landes before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Paul-des-Landes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest. Sales in Saint-Paul-des-Landes from July 2023 to June 2026: 51 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,799/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Paul-des-Landes can choose among 4 GPs. In Cantal, women can expect to live 84.4 years and men 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: 110 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 144: 23% below.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,700 a year. 200 jobs are based in Saint-Paul-des-Landes, for 700 working residents (0.3 per worker). 4.6% 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%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 20th century. 9.5% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than Cantal’s towns (10%) yet higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 16%, between Cantal’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by 25% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Paul-des-Landes | Cantal median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
Saint-Paul-des-Landes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Paul-des-Landes.
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-Paul-des-Landes | 1,542 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Ytrac | 4,339 | 3.6 | — | A | — | B− |
| Aurillac | 26,214 | 6.3 | A− | A | C+ | C+ |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère | 6,361 | 8 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Paul-des-Landes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 2.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Paul-des-Landes grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Paul-des-Landes is a commune of 1,542 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Aurillac Agglomération. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 9, 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.