Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 565 residents and lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Arconsat has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 16% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up a third of residents.
The 2 things Arconsat does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Arconsat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin de Montvianeix, in Saint-Victor-Montvianeix, 6.5 mi away.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arconsat.
Degrees are held by 17% of adults. People 65 and over make up 33% of the town, above both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 6.8% of the town.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Arconsat | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per resident in work, Arconsat counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 200 workers). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.0% of commuters at the census. Unemployment stood at 10.6%, higher than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
Sales in Arconsat from July 2023 to June 2026: 22 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Arconsat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Arconsat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arconsat | 565 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thiers | 11,637 | 8.7 | C | A | D | C |
| Courpière | 4,166 | 12 | B+ | A | B | C− |
| Puy-Guillaume | 2,630 | 12 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Renaison Loire | 3,231 | 15 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Lezoux | 6,528 | 16 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Boën-sur-Lignon Loire | 3,001 | 17 | B | A+ | C− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Arconsat is a commune of 565 people in the Communauté de communes Thiers Dore et Montagne. 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) · 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.