Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is walkability — 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B for jobs & income. Schools are weaker too: brevet results a point below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Les Ancizes-Comps 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 Les Ancizes-Comps 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Ancizes-Comps.
HousingCost of living A
A home in Les Ancizes-Comps sells for €1,479/m², less than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.60/m² a month, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. From July 2023 to June 2026, 56 homes were sold in Les Ancizes-Comps. House rents are put at about €7.07/m² a month.
€1,479/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Les Ancizes-Comps€1,479/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,479/m²
56
€9.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.57 to €12.16/m² a month)
3.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.07/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Combrailles Sioule et Morge
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Only 5.1% of commuters in Les Ancizes-Comps go to work without a car, fewer than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs located in Les Ancizes-Comps: 2,050, for 700 residents in work (3 each). Half of residents lived on more than €24,510 a year per consumption unit, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 5.6% of working residents locally at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
2,050
jobs based in Les Ancizes-Comps, 3 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,510
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 26% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Les Ancizes-Comps than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: 17% of adults
People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. 7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15.
51.7median age
Les Ancizes-CompsPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Les Ancizes-Comps sees fewer deaths than 62% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Puy-de-Dôme, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 247 residents of Les Ancizes-Comps died, against 250 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. Its care home for older people (40 places) counts its residents as Les Ancizes-Comps’; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Les Ancizes-Comps is Centre hospitalier de Riom, 14.8 mi away.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Les Ancizes-Comps · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Riom
17.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
2 historic monuments in Les Ancizes-Comps, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Les Ancizes-Comps is Église Notre-Dame de Comps. The pre-1919 share of homes is 7.5%.
Chartreuse du Port-Sainte-Marie (également sur commune de Chapdes-Beaufort): Photo: akial · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Église Notre-Dame de Comps: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Les Ancizes-Comps
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Ancizes-Comps yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Les Ancizes-Comps
Is Les Ancizes-Comps safe?
Les Ancizes-Comps has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Les Ancizes-Comps good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Les Ancizes-Comps expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Les Ancizes-Comps grades A for cost of living.
About Les Ancizes-Comps
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Les Ancizes-Comps is a commune of 1,682 people in the Communauté de communes Combrailles Sioule et Morge. 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
Population
1,682 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Combrailles Sioule et Morge
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.
