Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 4,139 people, lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Schools lag: bac results 4.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.8 points below the expected rate. Incomes are on the low side (C): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment. At the median price of €2,106/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. Its strongest is walkability — 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at C, #36 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. It comes out better than 27% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
Each subject compares Aulnat 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Aulnat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Sainte-Anne, de Pierre-Longue ou de Beaulieu, dit borne milliaire, in Clermont-Ferrand, 1.5 mi away.
3.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Aulnat. Best known first.
GardenJardin botanique de la Charme3.4 km west, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumMusée d'Art Roger-Quilliot4 km west, in Clermont-FerrandMuseumMuseumL'Aventure Michelin4.8 km west, in Clermont-FerrandChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sampigny3.8 km northwest, in GerzatFortFortFortifications de Montferrand4.4 km west, in Clermont-FerrandPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aulnat.
Half of residents lived on more than €23,510 a year per consumption unit, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Aulnat didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried nearly a tenth of working residents in Aulnat to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
87.1% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Aulnat, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The bac pro: 84% of 411 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. The nearest collège is 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 81%−7 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Ambroise BrugièreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 312 | 86%−5 pts |
| Collège Sainte Thérèse-Les Cordeliers PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 51 | 98%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Aulnat has 4 family doctors. Adjusted for age and care homes, Aulnat records 95 deaths per 100 expected, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (83) and compared French towns (88) alike. 477 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 430: 11% above. Women in Puy-de-Dôme live to 85.6 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
In all, 83 offenses reached the police record in Aulnat in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 19.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.7 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (4.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,106/m², comes from 119 sales of houses and apartments in Aulnat from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.91/m² a month, near Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up just over four fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,106/m² | 97 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and close to compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Aulnat is 43.6 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Aulnat | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Aulnat 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 Aulnat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aulnat | 4,139 | — | C | B− | C+ | C |
| Lempdes | 8,709 | 2.2 | B+ | C− | B | A |
| Gerzat | 10,335 | 2.4 | D | C+ | D | C |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 146,351 | 3.5 | C− | C+ | D | B− |
| Pont-du-Château | 12,412 | 3.8 | B+ | B | B | B |
| Cébazat | 8,953 | 3.9 | B | C | B− | A− |
| Aubière | 10,459 | 4 | B | C | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #27 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns and #37 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. 86% of 312 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Ambroise Brugière in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,106/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aulnat grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Aulnat is a commune of 4,139 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.