Where it falls short is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 4.5 points below the expected rate. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at B−, better than 47% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #33 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Cournon-d'Auvergne 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 Cournon-d'Auvergne.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
A walkable place: Cournon-d'Auvergne beats 76% of compared French towns on foot
10,400 jobs are based in Cournon-d'Auvergne, for 7,900 working residents (1.3 per worker). Public transport took 6.6% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. The median disposable income was €26,840 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970).
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport7%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
10,400
jobs based in Cournon-d'Auvergne, 1.3 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Renting in Cournon-d'Auvergne costs more than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.62/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Cournon-d'Auvergne sell for €2,408/m² and apartments for €2,190/m². 671 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,302/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 671 homes were sold locally.
€2,302/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cournon-d'Auvergne€2,302/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,408/m²
403
Apartments
€2,190/m²
268
€13.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.10 to €16.71/m² a month)
6.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.18/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Clermont Auvergne Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Cournon-d'Auvergne skews older, with 27% of residents 65 or over, more than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.7%, about level with Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and below compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Cournon-d'Auvergne are older than 46.6. Children under 15 make up 16% of residents.
46.6median age
Cournon-d'AuvergnePuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. 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
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Cournon-d'Auvergne is below 64% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. Its two care homes for older people (151 places) count their residents as Cournon-d'Auvergne’s; allowing for them, deaths were 17% below expected. 1,765 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,988: 11% below.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
19
GPs in Cournon-d'Auvergne · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Gabriel Montpied Chu Clermont Ferrand
5.2 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
Bac results near Cournon-d'Auvergne run high: 97.0% passed, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #23 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. 87.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Cournon-d'Auvergne, lower than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (89.1%) and near compared French towns (87.5%).
97%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Cournon-d'Auvergne has more crime per resident than 61% of compared French towns
Graded property crimes ran at 18.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.3 (2023–2025 average). All told, Cournon-d'Auvergne had 482 recorded offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Cournon-d'Auvergne (2025).
5.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage145
Burglary104
Theft from vehicles75
Family violence50
Vehicle theft42
Other physical violence37
Sexual violence29
Armed robbery0
Fraud130
Theft without violence82
Drug use20
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
5.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
482
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Cournon-d'Auvergne has 3 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 2 of 3. Among the classé monuments in Cournon-d'Auvergne is Église Saint-Martin. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century. Before 1919: that is when 2.5% of homes were built.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cournon-d'Auvergne
Is Cournon-d'Auvergne safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #28 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 104 burglaries and 145 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cournon-d'Auvergne good?
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns and #23 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cournon-d'Auvergne expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,302/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cournon-d'Auvergne grades C for cost of living.
About Cournon-d'Auvergne
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cournon-d'Auvergne is a commune of 19,951 people in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. 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.
