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786 residents make their home in this town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Giat has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 14% of its homes are second homes. Homes sell for a median €600/m². Nearly two in five residents are 65 or over.
The 3 things Giat does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Giat, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.
32% 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 Giat.
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 6.5% of residents. People 65 and over make up nearly two fifths of the town, higher than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 19% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Giat | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.5% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 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.
Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Giat, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The jobless rate is 6.6%. 350 jobs are based in Giat, for 300 working residents (1.3 per worker). No commute at all: 9.5% of working residents here at the census.
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.
Sales in Giat from July 2023 to June 2026: 35 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €600/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Giat has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Motte féodale: Photo: LeZibou · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Giat yet.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Giat is a commune of 786 people in the Communauté de communes Chavanon Combrailles 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.