School results trail most towns (D): bac results 3.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.2 points below the expected rate. Taken together, its subjects give Gerzat a D overall, better than 10% of compared French towns. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,115/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. It also trails on safety: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 27.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Gerzat 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 Gerzat.
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Gerzat than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 77.5%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #40 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. At the lycées within 5 km of Gerzat, 87.9% passed the bac, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
86%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Gerzat runs higher than in 88% of compared French towns
Gerzat comes 36th of the 38 compared towns in Puy-de-Dôme on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie figures for Gerzat show 321 offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
5.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage124
Theft from vehicles54
Vehicle theft47
Burglary42
Family violence21
Other physical violence21
Sexual violence12
Theft without violence59
Fraud49
Drug use37
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.
5.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
321
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Getting about on foot is easier in Gerzat than in 85% of compared French towns
Households’ median disposable income: €25,110 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Gerzat counts 1.1 jobs (4,650 jobs, 4,350 workers). No commute at all: 2.6% of working residents here at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport7%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
4,650
jobs based in Gerzat, 1.1 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,110
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Gerzat is above 70% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Gerzat’s; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 854 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 887, 4% 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. For a family doctor, residents of Gerzat can choose among 5 GPs.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Gerzat · 5.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand
3.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Gerzat is Croix du Vignal. This Puy-de-Dôme town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. The pre-1919 share of homes is 3.2%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
For cost of living, Gerzat gets a C+
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,115/m², comes from 324 sales of houses and apartments in Gerzat from July 2023 to June 2026. In Gerzat, houses go for €2,247/m² and apartments for €1,930/m². The estimated advertised rent is €12.09/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²).
€2,115/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gerzat€2,115/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,247/m²
190
Apartments
€1,930/m²
134
€12.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.31 to €14.19/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Clermont Auvergne Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Gerzat hold a degree than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 22%
Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 12% of the town. Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65.
42median age
GerzatPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gerzat
Is Gerzat safe?
It grades D for safety, #36 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 42 burglaries and 124 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Gerzat good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. 86% of 312 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Ambroise Brugière in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gerzat expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,115/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gerzat grades C+ for cost of living.
About Gerzat
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Gerzat is a commune of 10,335 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
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.
