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Population 1,596: a town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The local economy does well: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car: just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,295/m² takes 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Riom Limagne et Volcans.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Enval 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 Enval 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.
Enval has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Enval: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Enval. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye de Mozac3.3 km east, in Mozac
ChâteauChâteau de Tournoël1.9 km southwest, in Volvic
MuseumMusée Mandet4.9 km east, in Riom
MuseumMusée des arts et traditions populaires de Riom4.9 km east, in RiomChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chazeron3 km northwest, in LoubeyratChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bosredon3.1 km south, in VolvicPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Enval.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,295/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Enval from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €10.01/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,295/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.7% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 2.4% of Enval’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège ChampclauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 91%−3 pts |
| Lycée général privé Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 80 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 116 | 97%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 110 residents of Enval died, against 134 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Enval records 82 deaths per 100 expected. 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.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Enval is Croix de chemin du 16e siècle. Homes built before 1919 account for 7.2% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nearly two in five adults hold a degree, higher than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population. Under 15: 17% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Enval | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Enval has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Enval 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enval | 1,596 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Châtel-Guyon | 6,299 | 1.7 | A | B+ | B | B+ |
| Mozac | 3,957 | 1.7 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Volvic | 4,883 | 2.1 | A+ | A− | A+ | B |
| Riom | 18,820 | 2.9 | B | A− | D | B− |
| Châteaugay | 3,189 | 3.8 | A | C+ | A | A− |
| Sayat | 2,529 | 4.5 | — | B+ | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Enval has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 80 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé Sainte-Marie in 2025, a point above 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 €2,295/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Enval grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Enval is a commune of 1,596 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Riom Limagne et Volcans. 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.