Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 277 residents in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Herment has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 25% of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Herment does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Herment counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
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 Herment.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.4% of the town, close to Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and below compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Herment are older than 49.6. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
| Herment | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 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.
Among the classé monuments in Herment is Église Notre-Dame.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment runs at 11.3%. Herment has 100 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.7 per worker. One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
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.
6 houses and apartments changed hands in Herment from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Herment has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: LeZibou · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Herment as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Herment is a commune of 277 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) · 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.