Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The drawback is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 11.3% unemployment. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking #25 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. Set against the rest, it does better than 65% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B− for walkability.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Courpière 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 Courpière.
History
Courpière is rich in protected monuments: 17 per 10,000 residents, more than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Courpière is Château de la Barge. On the Culture ministry’s list, Courpière counts 7 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 5 inscrit at the second. Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 16%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Courpière costs less than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.13/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,227/m², below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€2,181/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Of the homes sold, 92% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 124 homes were sold in Courpière.
€1,227/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Courpière€1,227/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,303/m²
114
€8.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.35 to €10.42/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Thiers Dore et Montagne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Courpière’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 84% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
694 deaths in Courpière between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 569: 22% above. Adjusted mortality locally: 103 deaths for every 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Courpière is Centre hospitalier de Thiers, 6.9 mi away. Average lifespans in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Courpière · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Thiers
6.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Thiers
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Older residents shape Courpière: 31% are 65 or over, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 14%, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. Graduates make up 20% of adults.
52.7median age
CourpièrePuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 7.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.8 mi away. By results, schools here place #8 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Less crime per resident in Courpière than in 55% of compared French towns
Of the graded crimes in Courpière, criminal damage came up most often (2025). All told, Courpière had 76 recorded offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 12.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 7.6 (2023–2025 average).
7.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage29
Family violence23
Other physical violence19
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence9
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.
7.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
76
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.6%
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 · Small counts of sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 5.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Courpière run lower than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: a median €23,070 a year per consumption unit
11.3% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 8.5% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,750
jobs based in Courpière, 1.1 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 48% of compared French towns
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Rilba · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien prieuré des Bénédictines: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église de Courtesserre: Photo: Camille Enlart · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Deux maisons: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Courpière
Is Courpière safe?
It grades B for safety, #24 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme.
Are schools in Courpière good?
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #8 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Courpière expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Courpière grades A for cost of living.
About Courpière
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Courpière is a commune of 4,166 people in the Communauté de communes Thiers Dore et Montagne. 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.
