Cost of living is its strong suit (A+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength too (B+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes change hands at a median €681/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Arlanc 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 Arlanc 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 Arlanc.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Arlanc costs less than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.51/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 2 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Ambert Livradois Forez. The market in Arlanc: 74 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€681/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Arlanc€681/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€688/m²
71
€7.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.83 to €9.66/m² a month)
2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,960
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Ambert Livradois Forez
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Arlanc: 34% are 65 or over, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
18% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8.3% of the town.
54.3median age
ArlancPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Arlanc sees fewer deaths than 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Arlanc: 81 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 344 residents of Arlanc died, against 318 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. The nearest emergency department to Arlanc is Centre hospitalier D Ambert, 9.5 mi away. This Puy-de-Dôme town has one family doctor.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Arlanc · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Ambert
20.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch du Forez site de Montbrison
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Arlanc: 30% were built before 1919, more than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Arlanc has 28 protected monuments for every 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Pierre. It has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Protection here reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Money is tighter in Arlanc than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,740 a year per consumption unit
Bus, tram or train carried 2.2% of working residents in Arlanc to work at the census. At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Arlanc didn’t travel to work at all. 10.2% of the labour force are out of work.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot8%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
800
jobs based in Arlanc, 1.2 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Arlanc
Is Arlanc safe?
Arlanc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Arlanc expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Arlanc grades A+ for cost of living.
About Arlanc
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Arlanc is a commune of 1,785 people in the Communauté de communes Ambert Livradois Forez. 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.
