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A town of 1,325 in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Vézac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Vézac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vézac 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vézac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1997.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vézac.
For Vézac, that is below both Cantal’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Vézac has 150 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 2.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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, €1,957/m², comes from 33 sales of houses and apartments in Vézac from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €8.80/m² a month, close to Cantal’s towns (€9.36/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,957/m² | 33 |
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.
Vézac sits below both Cantal’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vézac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
That puts Vézac below both Cantal’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). 17% of residents are children under 15.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Vézac | Cantal median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and gardens in and near Vézac. Best known first.
Vézac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Caillac: Photo: Gdetaisne · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vézac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vézac | 1,325 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère | 6,361 | 2.7 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
| Aurillac | 26,214 | 4.1 | A− | A | C+ | C+ |
| Ytrac | 4,339 | 7.2 | — | A | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vézac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 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.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vézac grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vézac is a commune of 1,325 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 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.