Cunlhat’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A−): 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side (C): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 11.3% unemployment. Health is a weak point (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Cunlhat 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 Cunlhat 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 Cunlhat.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Cunlhat costs less than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.18/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,040/m²: 49 houses and apartments sold in Cunlhat between July 2023 and June 2026. A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Ambert Livradois Forez.
€1,040/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cunlhat€1,040/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,040/m²
49
€7.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.64 to €9.14/m² a month)
3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,960
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Ambert Livradois Forez
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Cunlhat run lower than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: a median €21,780 a year per consumption unit
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 6.4% of working residents in Cunlhat at the census.
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot22%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
650
jobs based in Cunlhat, 1.4 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% 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 Cunlhat are 15 to 24: 6.7%, fewer than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
29% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 12% of residents. Graduates make up nearly a fifth of adults.
53median age
CunlhatPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma34%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education19%
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
HealthHealth C
Cunlhat sees 95 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 Cunlhat is Centre hospitalier D Ambert, 10.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 321 residents of Cunlhat died, against 207 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 55% more. Also worth knowing: 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. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw155
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Cunlhat · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Ambert
15.7 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
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Cunlhat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Cunlhat has 650 jobs for 450 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. In all, 5 offenses reached the police record in the town in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.5 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 5.9. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage5
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
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.
3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
86.4%
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 86.4% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cunlhat
Is Cunlhat safe?
Cunlhat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Cunlhat expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,040/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cunlhat grades A+ for cost of living.
About Cunlhat
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cunlhat is a commune of 1,290 people in the Communauté de communes Ambert Livradois Forez. 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.
