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Home to 1,023 people, this town lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability (D−). Homes change hands at a median €1,916/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Aubiat 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.
The 2 things Aubiat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aubiat 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.
Aubiat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Aubiat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont sur la Morge dit Pont Romain, in Le Cheix-sur-Morge, 1.7 mi away.
22% 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 Aubiat.
Aubiat holds 100 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. 2.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 4.5%, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €28,150 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Puy-de-Dôme is 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 70 residents of Aubiat died, against 62 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% more. The nearest emergency department to Aubiat is Centre hospitalier de Riom, 7 mi away.
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.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Aubiat in two is 42.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Aubiat | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Aubiat recorded 30 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,916/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Aubiat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Aubiat as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubiat | 1,023 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Aigueperse | 2,665 | 3.4 | — | A | — | A+ |
| Ennezat | 2,748 | 5.8 | A+ | B+ | B | A |
| Riom | 18,820 | 6.8 | B | A− | D | B− |
| Châtel-Guyon | 6,299 | 6.8 | A | B+ | B | B+ |
| Mozac | 3,957 | 7.5 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Maringues | 3,141 | 8.1 | A | A | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aubiat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aubiat grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Aubiat is a commune of 1,023 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.