Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 10,459 residents, it is a town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Aubière’s grades pull in different directions. Fewer journeys need a car (A): 93% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The town’s overall grade is B, better than 56% of compared French towns. It ranks #32 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. The drawback is safety: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 22.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cost of living is weaker too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Aubière does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aubière 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Aubière has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1971.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Aubière. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Clermont-Ferrand3.6 km northwest, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumMusée Bargoin3.1 km northwest, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumMusée d'Art Roger-Quilliot4.6 km north, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumMuséum Henri-Lecoq3.1 km northwest, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumHôtel Fontfreyde3.8 km northwest, in Clermont-FerrandPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aubière.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 25.4% of commuters travelled at the census. Aubière has 9,350 jobs for 4,150 working residents, 2.2 per worker. Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Aubière were criminal damage than anything else (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 289 recorded offenses.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,084 deaths in Aubière from 2016 to 2025; there were 914, 16% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Aubière can choose among 9 GPs.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Aubière sell for €2,464/m² and apartments for €2,309/m². 343 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.19/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,464/m² | 235 |
| Apartments | €2,309/m² | 108 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.8% of the total, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #18 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joliot CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 208 | 88%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent La FayetteNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 224 | 94%−3 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Thècle PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a quarter of the town. Degrees are held by 43% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Aubière | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 26% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Aubière has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Menhir du Pont d'Aubières dit de La Pierre Piquée: Photo: Gouranga2 · CC BY 3.0
2 notable people were born in Aubière.
Christian Forestier: Benoit Laurence, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Daniel Baugeste: Playtime1965, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubière | 10,459 | — | B | C | C− | A− |
| Beaumont | 10,728 | 1.2 | B+ | C | C+ | A− |
| Romagnat | 7,894 | 1.7 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Pérignat-lès-Sarliève | 2,872 | 1.9 | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 146,351 | 2.3 | C− | C+ | D | B− |
| Ceyrat | 6,592 | 2.5 | A | C | A | A |
| Chamalières | 17,509 | 2.8 | B | C+ | C | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #33 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 121 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #18 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. 94% of 224 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Fayette in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.16/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aubière grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Aubière is a commune of 10,459 people in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. 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.
