There are no grades for Saint-Urcize: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 30% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 44% of residents.
What makes Saint-Urcize stand out
The 2 things Saint-Urcize does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Urcize.
Who lives here
Saint-Urcize has fewer young adults than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 4.6% are 15 to 24
11% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 44% of the town, above both Cantal’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by a quarter of adults.
61.8median age
Saint-UrcizeCantal medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
44%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%
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
Saint-Urcize keeps more of its old housing than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Urcize counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Michel. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Unemployment in Saint-Urcize, 4.5%, runs below Cantal’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs based in Saint-Urcize number 150, against 200 residents in work (0.9 per worker). Public transport took 3.3% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. The median disposable income was €24,350 a year per consumption unit, near Cantal’s towns (€24,340) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving66%
On foot14%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Saint-Urcize, 0.9 per working resident
4.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Saint-Urcize
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Urcize is a commune of 475 people in the Saint-Flour Communauté. 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.
