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The town has 1,914 residents and lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Where it does best is jobs & income: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is schools (C+): bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.9 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,512/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Durtol 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.
The one thing Durtol does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Durtol 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.
Durtol has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Durtol as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix située en bordure du chemin des Côtes, in Nohanent, 1.2 mi away.
4.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Durtol. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Clermont-Ferrand3 km southeast, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumMusée Bargoin3.4 km southeast, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumMusée d'Art Roger-Quilliot4.8 km east, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumMuséum Henri-Lecoq3.4 km southeast, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumHôtel Fontfreyde2.8 km southeast, in Clermont-Ferrand
Archaeological siteThermes antiques de Royat2.8 km south, in ChamalièresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Durtol.
At the census, 16.7% of commuters got to work without a car. Unemployment stood at 7.5%, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8%. Children under 15 make up 14%, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up 45% of adults.
55% women, 45% men
About 82 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.
| Durtol | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Puy-de-Dôme, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 332 deaths in Durtol between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 359: 8% below. The nearest emergency department to Durtol is Pole Sante Republique, 2.5 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 5 vocational lycées within 5 km, 85% of 448 candidates passed the bac pro. Near Durtol, 93.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Roger QuilliotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 81%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Valery Giscard d'EstaingNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 193 | 99%±0 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Thècle PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Durtol came to 43 in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 18.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.4 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 19.8% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,512/m²: 58 houses and apartments sold in Durtol between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 95% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,528/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Durtol is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Durtol 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durtol | 1,914 | — | — | B− | B− | A− |
| Chamalières | 17,509 | 1.4 | B | C+ | C | B+ |
| Orcines | 3,609 | 2 | B+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Royat | 4,479 | 2.1 | B | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 146,351 | 2.2 | C− | C+ | D | B− |
| Sayat | 2,529 | 2.7 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Blanzat | 3,709 | 2.8 | B+ | B− | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns. 99% of 193 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Valery Giscard d'Estaing in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,512/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Durtol grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Durtol is a commune of 1,914 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.