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A town in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 217 people.
Tanavelle has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 14% of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
The 2 things Tanavelle does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Tanavelle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Grand dolmen de La Table au Loup ou Table de Maleu, in Neuvéglise-sur-Truyère, 2.7 mi away.
47% 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 Tanavelle.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. The median resident of Tanavelle is 50.4 years old.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Tanavelle | Cantal median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Tanavelle: 50, for 100 residents in work (0.5 each). At the census, 5.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Cantal’s towns (17.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,090 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 2 homes in Tanavelle.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Tanavelle 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 Tanavelle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanavelle | 217 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Flour | 6,391 | 4.5 | A+ | A | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Tanavelle is a commune of 217 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
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 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.