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With 1,028 residents, it is a town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results are strong: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on walkability as well — 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Le Breuil-sur-Couze 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.
The one thing Le Breuil-sur-Couze does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Breuil-sur-Couze 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.
Le Breuil-sur-Couze has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Breuil-sur-Couze as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in Nonette-Orsonnette, 1 mi away.
17% 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 Le Breuil-sur-Couze.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.79/m² a month, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. House rents are put at about €7.71/m² a month. Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,217/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Puy-de-Dôme live to 85.6 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 94 residents of Le Breuil-sur-Couze died, against 82 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. The nearest emergency department to Le Breuil-sur-Couze is Centre hospitalier Paul Ardier Issoire, 5.1 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 5.1 mi away. Collège pupils travel 1.5 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de LiziniatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 103 | 92%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 6.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 450 residents in work, Le Breuil-sur-Couze has 200 jobs: 0.5 each. Median disposable income is €26,130 a year for each consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and below compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Le Breuil-sur-Couze has a median age of 45.8.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Le Breuil-sur-Couze | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Le Breuil-sur-Couze. Best known first.
Nothing in Le Breuil-sur-Couze is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Le Breuil-sur-Couze.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Breuil-sur-Couze | 1,028 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Brassac-les-Mines | 3,412 | 4.6 | B | A | B− | C |
| Sainte-Florine Haute-Loire | 3,283 | 5.1 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Issoire | 15,115 | 5.2 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Vic-le-Comte | 5,396 | 13 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Brioude Haute-Loire | 6,527 | 13 | B− | A | D | B |
| Veyre-Monton | 3,721 | 15 | A+ | B− | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Breuil-sur-Couze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Breuil-sur-Couze grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Le Breuil-sur-Couze is a commune of 1,028 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) · 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 9, 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.