Schools are its strong suit (A+): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Add cost of living to its strengths: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side (C+): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Champeix 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 Champeix 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
A home in Champeix sells for €1,223/m², less than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.93/m² a month, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest. Sales in Champeix from July 2023 to June 2026: 45 houses and apartments.
€1,223/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Champeix€1,223/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,247/m²
42
€9.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.87 to €12.54/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Agglo Pays d'Issoire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Champeix keeps more of its old housing than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Champeix is Menhir dit Pierre Fichade. The town has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Champeix records 90 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 83 in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Champeix is Centre hospitalier Paul Ardier Issoire, 6.9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 220 residents of Champeix died, against 170 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. In Puy-de-Dôme, women can expect to live 85.6 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Champeix can choose among 3 GPs.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Champeix · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Paul Ardier Issoire
6.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Paul Ardier Issoire
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Champeix run lower than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: a median €24,630 a year per consumption unit
6.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The jobless rate is 8.9%.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
450
jobs based in Champeix, 0.8 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Children under 15 make up 17%, higher than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. Typical age in Champeix: 44.6, the median.
44.6median age
ChampeixPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Menhir dit Pierre Fichade: Photo: Record · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Jean du Marchidial et son presbytère: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château fort et église Saint-Jean du Marchidial: Photo: Romary · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Sainte-Croix: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Champeix
Is Champeix safe?
Champeix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Champeix good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Champeix expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Champeix grades A for cost of living.
About Champeix
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Champeix is a commune of 1,422 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo Pays d'Issoire. 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
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.
