Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability. The median price paid is €1,724/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Combronde 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 Combronde 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Combronde sees 92 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Combronde is Centre hospitalier de Riom, 6.6 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 224 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 230, 3% more. 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. 4 GPs practise locally.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Combronde · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Riom
13.6 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
Combronde keeps more of its old housing than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Combronde is Croix érigée sur une petite place. Relative to its size, Combronde keeps 23 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. On the Culture ministry’s list, Combronde counts 5 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Combronde than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 5.7%
Per resident in work, Combronde counts 0.9 jobs (900 jobs, 950 workers). Unemployment stood at 9.0%, close to Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.8% of working residents in Combronde didn’t travel to work at all.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
900
jobs based in Combronde, 0.9 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,390
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Combronde are 15 to 24: 8%, fewer than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults. Children under 15 make up 17%, higher than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 22% of the population.
44.4median age
CombrondePuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Combronde
Is Combronde safe?
Combronde has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Combronde expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Combronde grades A for cost of living.
About Combronde
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Combronde is a commune of 2,138 people in the Communauté de communes Combrailles Sioule et Morge. 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
Population
2,138 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Combrailles Sioule et Morge
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.
