Aigueperse’s strongest subject is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,621/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Plaine Limagne. School results trail most towns (D): brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Aigueperse has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Aigueperse 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aigueperse.
HealthHealth A+
Mortality in Aigueperse, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns: 62 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Aigueperse is Centre hospitalier de Riom, 10.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 489 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 630, 29% more. Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. This Puy-de-Dôme town has 4 family doctors.
−38%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted62
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Aigueperse · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Riom
13 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Jacques Lacarin Vichy
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More protected monuments for its size in Aigueperse than in Puy-de-Dôme or compared French towns: 26 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for 19% of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Aigueperse is Église Notre-Dame. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 4 of 7.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
Exam results around Aigueperse trail 92% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #39 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. Near Aigueperse, 85.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (89.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 10.2 mi off.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Aigueperse than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.40/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,621/m², comes from 66 sales of houses and apartments in Aigueperse from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.87/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 91% were houses.
€1,621/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aigueperse€1,621/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,640/m²
60
€9.40/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.57 to €11.68/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,230
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Plaine Limagne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
A walkable place: Aigueperse beats 73% of compared French towns on foot
1,350 jobs are based in Aigueperse, for 1,050 working residents (1.3 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €25,320 a year per consumption unit, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Aigueperse went to work by public transport.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot7%
Public transport4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,350
jobs based in Aigueperse, 1.3 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 73% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Aigueperse than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9% of residents, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 29% of residents. The share of residents under 15 is 16%.
49.3median age
AiguepersePuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel de ville et beffroi: Photo: Hadrianus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sainte-Chapelle ou chapelle Saint-Louis: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0 · Maison à arcades: Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aigueperse
Is Aigueperse safe?
Aigueperse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Aigueperse good?
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns and #39 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aigueperse expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,621/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aigueperse grades A for cost of living.
About Aigueperse
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Aigueperse is a commune of 2,665 people in the Communauté de communes Plaine Limagne. 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
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.
