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AubazatHaute-Loire

Home to 175 people, this town lies in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Aubazat a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Aubazat has none. Second homes make up 22% of its housing. A third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Aubazat stand out

The 2 things Aubazat does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle de Peyrusse
Chapelle de Peyrusse · Classé · Photo: Dominique Robert · CC BY-SA 4.0
Aubazat’s story

Aubazat in pictures

Aubazat has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1907.

37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1907First protected: Chapelle de Peyrusse
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aubazat.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Aubazat than in Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 10% are under 15

23% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Haute-Loire’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 33% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.5% of the town.

55.3median age
AubazatHaute-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Aubazat
AubazatHaute-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1510%16%17%
15–247.5%11%11%
25–4416%21%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+33%25%22%
No diploma20%19%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education23%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Aubazat keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 37% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Aubazat is Chapelle de Peyrusse.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1907
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Aubazat than in Haute-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,060 a year per consumption unit

11.5% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Haute-Loire’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Aubazat number 50, against 50 residents in work (0.4 per worker). At the census, 1.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

1%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Aubazat, 0.4 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
16%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Aubazat costs less than in Haute-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.36/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Aubazat from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.

€7.36/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Aubazat€7.36/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Loire median€8.91/m²
€7.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.81 to €9.32/m² a month)
€7.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Prieuré Sainte-Croix de Lavoûte-Chilhac and 2 more in and around Aubazat

Heritage and museums in and near Aubazat. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Aubazat

12pages on Aubazat

Landmarks

Aubazat has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Chapelle de Peyrusse: Photo: Dominique Robert · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Aubazat

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Aubazat yet.

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Aubazat’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Haute-Loire →
LangeacBrioudeLangeacBrioudeAubazat
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Aubazat175—————
Langeac3,4993.5A+AA−B
Brioude6,52711B−ADB

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Aubazat

Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Aubazat is a commune of 175 people in the Communauté de communes des Rives du Haut Allier. 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

Population
175 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Rives du Haut Allier
Département
Haute-Loire (43)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
6.4 sq mi (16.5 km²)
INSEE code
43011

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.