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This town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has a population of 1,183.
Joze’s strongest subject is jobs & income — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Housing is within reach (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability (C) — 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Joze 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 Joze 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.
Joze has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Joze as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Lanterne des Morts, in Culhat, 1.4 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Joze.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Joze: 98 deaths for every 100 expected. 94 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 96: 2% below. The nearest emergency department to Joze is Centre hospitalier de Riom, 9.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Joze can choose among 4 GPs.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
34 sales of houses and apartments in Joze, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,066/m². Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. House rents are put at about €10.58/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,072/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €28,240 a year per consumption unit, above both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970). The census found 4.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Joze didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The middle age in Joze is 43.5. 29% of adults hold a degree, lower than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (32%) and near compared French towns (30%). Children are 17% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Joze | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people ran at 3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.8 (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Joze logged 12 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes here, vehicle theft came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (41.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Joze is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Joze.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Joze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,066/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Joze grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Joze is a commune of 1,183 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Dore et Allier. 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.