Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
309 people call this town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Biollet has none. 29% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Biollet does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Biollet: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Antoine Villedieu, born in 1887, is the one person born in Biollet before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Biollet.
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 6% of residents.
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Biollet | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 8% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Biollet is Église Saint-Pierre.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Per resident in work, Biollet counts 0.5 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). The jobless rate is 7.4%. 9.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
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.
Of the homes sold, 94% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 16 homes in Biollet.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Biollet has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Jm16 · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Biollet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biollet | 309 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines | 3,480 | 14 | B+ | A+ | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Biollet is a commune of 309 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Éloy. 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.