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A town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 8,709 people.
A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Overall, Lempdes earns a B+, which places it #19 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. On that grade it does better than two thirds of compared French towns. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is a strength too — 1.6 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment. Schools lag (C−): bac results 1.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.6 points below the expected rate. At €2,336/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Lempdes 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Lempdes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Cournon-d'Auvergne, 1.9 mi away.
2.8% 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 Lempdes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
5 GPs practise in Lempdes. 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 947 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 795, 16% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km, 81% of 213 candidates passed the bac pro. Schools rank #34 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 81%−7 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique René DescartesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 465 | 97%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 8.5%. No commute at all: 2.9% of working residents in Lempdes at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,680 a year.
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.
Houses sell for €2,369/m² in Lempdes, apartments for €2,124/m². Behind the median of €2,336/m²: 279 houses and apartments sold locally between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 71% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,369/m² | 198 |
| Apartments | €2,124/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.2 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14.5. Lempdes has 5,650 jobs for 3,600 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Over 2025, Lempdes logged 169 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (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 armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.2% of the index here). Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Lempdes has a median age of 44.9. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, about level with Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and above compared French towns (22%). 30% of adults hold a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Lempdes | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Lempdes. Best known first.
Nothing in Lempdes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Lempdes.
Jean-Baptiste Lamy: Nolege, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lempdes | 8,709 | — | B+ | C− | B | A |
| Aulnat | 4,139 | 2.2 | C | B− | C+ | C |
| Cournon-d'Auvergne | 19,951 | 2.2 | B− | C | C+ | B |
| Mur-sur-Allier | 3,111 | 2.4 | — | B | — | B− |
| Pont-du-Château | 12,412 | 3.2 | B+ | B | B | B |
| Le Cendre | 5,415 | 3.5 | B | B− | A | C− |
| Pérignat-lès-Sarliève | 2,872 | 3.6 | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #20 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 52 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns and #34 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. 97% of 465 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique René Descartes in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,336/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lempdes grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lempdes is a commune of 8,709 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
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.