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1,627 residents make their home in this town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Housing is within reach (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are another plus — brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. The weak point is walkability — 34% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on jobs & income — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.1% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Celles-sur-Durolle 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 Celles-sur-Durolle 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.
Celles-sur-Durolle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Celles-sur-Durolle does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Celles-sur-Durolle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Genès, in Thiers, 4.6 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Celles-sur-Durolle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Celles-sur-Durolle.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €982/m², below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€2,181/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Celles-sur-Durolle recorded 53 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €982/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.8 mi away. The closest collège is 2.1 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la DurolleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 42 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
11.1% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 4.6% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,750 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 179 residents of Celles-sur-Durolle died, against 182 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Celles-sur-Durolle records 98 deaths per 100 expected. 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.7% of residents, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). 26% of residents are 65 or over. At 48.4, the median resident of Celles-sur-Durolle sits in the middle of the age range.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Celles-sur-Durolle | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Celles-sur-Durolle as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Celles-sur-Durolle is a commune of 1,627 people in the Communauté de communes Thiers Dore et Montagne. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celles-sur-Durolle | 1,627 | — | — | A+ | — | C− |
| Thiers | 11,637 | 5 | C | A | D | C |
| Courpière | 4,166 | 9.1 | B+ | A | B | C− |
| Puy-Guillaume | 2,630 | 10 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Lezoux | 6,528 | 13 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Maringues | 3,141 | 15 | A | A | A− | B− |
| Saint-Yorre Allier | 2,641 | 16 | A+ | A | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Celles-sur-Durolle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Celles-sur-Durolle grades A+ for cost of living.
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 8, 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.