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A town of 1,641 in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Ydes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €934/m², a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Sumène - Artense. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 11 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Ydes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ydes 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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Ydes has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ydes.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 10.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges BrassensNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 43 | 100%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €934/m²: 56 houses and apartments sold in Ydes between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 56 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €950/m² | 55 |
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 258 deaths in Ydes from 2016 to 2025; there were 376, 46% more. The nearest emergency department to Ydes is Centre hospitalier de Mauriac, 10 mi away. In Cantal, women can expect to live 84.4 years and men 80.2 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 2 GPs practise locally.
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.
One measure of family life: 11% of residents are under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.8% of residents, lower than both Cantal’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 14% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Ydes | Cantal median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Ydes is Église Saint-Georges. The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century. 9.5% of its homes were built before 1919, near Cantal’s towns (10%) and higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The median disposable income was €23,360 a year per consumption unit, close to Cantal’s towns (€24,340) and below compared French towns (€25,970). For its 600 residents in work, Ydes has 900 jobs: 1.5 each. At the census, 6.2% of working residents in Ydes didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Ydes. Best known first.
Ydes has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Château de Trancis: Photo: Tournasol7 · CC BY 4.0 · Église Saint-Georges: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Ydes.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Ydes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 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 100% 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 €934/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ydes grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ydes is a commune of 1,641 people in the Communauté de communes Sumène - Artense. 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.
