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A town in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,395 people.
Sansac-de-Marmiesse’s best grade is for schools: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 5.0% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: 10% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,841/m²: 70 m² comes to 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Aurillac Agglomération.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sansac-de-Marmiesse 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.
Each subject compares Sansac-de-Marmiesse 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.
Sansac-de-Marmiesse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Sansac-de-Marmiesse does most differently from other towns.
Sansac-de-Marmiesse has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Sansac-de-Marmiesse has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Église Saint-Sauveur: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Veyrières: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sansac-de-Marmiesse.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Sansac-de-Marmiesse is 96.0%, near Cantal’s towns (95.0%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). Collège pupils travel 2.9 mi to the nearest one. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean DauziéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 53 | 96%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,190 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Sansac-de-Marmiesse didn’t travel to work at all. 3.0% of the town’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 94% drove.
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.
The median price, €1,841/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Sansac-de-Marmiesse from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 97% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,845/m² | 38 |
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.
In Cantal, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.4 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 81 residents of Sansac-de-Marmiesse died, against 109 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Sansac-de-Marmiesse is Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac, 5.1 mi away.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
6.2% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Cantal’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Under 15: 17% of residents. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. 26% of adults hold a degree, near Cantal’s towns (26%) and lower than compared French towns (30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Sansac-de-Marmiesse | Cantal median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
One notable person was born in Sansac-de-Marmiesse.
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sansac-de-Marmiesse is a commune of 1,395 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sansac-de-Marmiesse | 1,395 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Ytrac | 4,339 | 1.9 | — | A | — | B− |
| Aurillac | 26,214 | 5 | A− | A | C+ | C+ |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère | 6,361 | 5.6 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sansac-de-Marmiesse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 2.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,841/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sansac-de-Marmiesse grades A for cost of living.
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 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.
