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A town of 54 in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Esteil is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 24% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
The 2 things Esteil does most differently from other towns.
Esteil has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1922.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Esteil.
14% are under 15, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Esteil has a median age of 56.8.
42% women, 58% men
About 73 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Esteil | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 1.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Esteil is Église Saint-Jean.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 11.1% of working residents in Esteil didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 4 homes in Esteil.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Esteil has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Jean: Photo: Record · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Esteil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteil | 54 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brassac-les-Mines | 3,412 | 3.2 | B | A | B− | C |
| Sainte-Florine Haute-Loire | 3,283 | 4.1 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Issoire | 15,115 | 8.6 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Brioude Haute-Loire | 6,527 | 11 | B− | A | D | B |
| Vic-le-Comte | 5,396 | 15 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Esteil is a commune of 54 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo Pays d'Issoire. 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) · 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.