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1,219 residents make their home in this town in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Housing is within reach: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability — 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Arsac-en-Velay 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 Arsac-en-Velay 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.
Arsac-en-Velay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Arsac-en-Velay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Arsac-en-Velay, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 2015.
Arsac-en-Velay has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Bouzols: Photo: Reytrace · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arsac-en-Velay.
5.5% of the labour force were unemployed, below Haute-Loire’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs located in Arsac-en-Velay: 150, for 550 residents in work (0.2 each). No commute at all: 4.6% of working residents locally at the census.
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 market in Arsac-en-Velay: 20 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 10th century. 7.9% of its homes were built before 1919, between Haute-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Haute-Loire can expect 85.7 years and a boy 80 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 72 residents of Arsac-en-Velay died, against 80 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 90 per 100 expected, in line with Haute-Loire’s towns (87) and compared French towns (88).
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Degrees are held by 32% of adults, above Haute-Loire’s towns (27%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.3% of the town. Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Arsac-en-Velay | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Arsac-en-Velay. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Arsac-en-Velay yet.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Arsac-en-Velay is a commune of 1,219 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Puy-en-Velay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsac-en-Velay | 1,219 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Coubon | 3,140 | 1.7 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade | 3,432 | 3.4 | — | B+ | — | B |
| Brives-Charensac | 4,244 | 4.1 | A | A− | B+ | B |
| Le Puy-en-Velay | 18,540 | 4.3 | B | A− | D | C |
| Vals-près-le-Puy | 3,395 | 4.4 | A+ | A− | A | A− |
| Chadrac | 2,542 | 5.3 | — | B | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Arsac-en-Velay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 9, 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.