Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 230 residents in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Cournols has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 19% of its housing.
The one thing Cournols does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Cournols counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cournols.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Cournols is Allée couverte de la Grotte. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
38% of adults hold a degree, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The under-15s are 18% of the population here. At 45.4, the median resident of Cournols sits in the middle of the age range.
37% women, 63% men
About 58 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Cournols | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 3.4% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.8% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
50 jobs are based in Cournols, for 100 working residents (0.4 per worker). No commute at all: 6.3% of working residents locally at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,680 a year per consumption unit, near both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 7 homes were sold in Cournols.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Cournols. Best known first.
Cournols has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Allée couverte de la Grotte: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cournols yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cournols | 230 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aydat | 2,574 | 2.3 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Saint-Genès-Champanelle | 4,066 | 5.2 | — | B− | — | A− |
| La Roche-Blanche | 3,311 | 6.3 | A+ | A− | A | A |
| Romagnat | 7,894 | 6.6 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Ceyrat | 6,592 | 6.8 | A | C | A | A |
| Veyre-Monton | 3,721 | 6.8 | A+ | B− | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cournols is a commune of 230 people in the Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne 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
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 November 4, 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.