Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add cost of living to its strengths: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools, B− for jobs & income and B for walkability. Homes go for a median €1,966/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Chauriat 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 Chauriat 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chauriat.
HealthHealth A
Chauriat has a lower adjusted death rate than 91% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Chauriat is Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand, 8.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 114 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 80, 30% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Puy-de-Dôme is 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: this Puy-de-Dôme town has 2 family doctors.
−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw70
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Chauriat · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand
8.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Chauriat are 65 or over: 17%, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up nearly two in five adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%). Chauriat has a median age of 41.
41median age
ChauriatPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma9%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Chauriat: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 2 of 3. Among the classé monuments in Chauriat is Église Saint-Julien. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Chauriat has lower unemployment than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 6.2%
6.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Chauriat: 100, for 900 residents in work (0.1 each). Median disposable income comes to €28,570 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Chauriat, 0.1 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 55% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chauriat
Is Chauriat safe?
Chauriat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Chauriat good?
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chauriat expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Chauriat grades A− for cost of living.
About Chauriat
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chauriat is a commune of 1,805 people in the Communauté de communes Billom Communauté. 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.
