Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,160 people.
Malauzat’s strongest subject is jobs & income (A+) — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 4.0% unemployment. Health is a strength too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: nearly a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for cost of living and B− for schools.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Malauzat 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 Malauzat 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.
Malauzat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Malauzat has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2008.
4.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Malauzat. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Tournoël3.5 km north, in VolvicChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bosredon2.2 km northwest, in VolvicMuseumMuseumMusée Marcel-Sahut2.2 km northwest, in VolvicChâteauChâteauChâteau de Châteaugay2.5 km east, in ChâteaugayAbbeyAbbeyMonastère des Bénédictines de Marsat3.3 km northeast, in MarsatPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Malauzat.
The median disposable income was €31,500 a year per consumption unit, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 3.5% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 52 residents of Malauzat died, against 68 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% fewer. In Puy-de-Dôme, women can expect to live 85.6 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Malauzat is Centre hospitalier de Riom, 3.6 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4.3% of homes date from before 1919. The protected list starts in the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €10.12/m² a month. The market in Malauzat: 22 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population. Residents of Malauzat have a median age of 47.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Malauzat | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 90%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in Malauzat in the categories the grade counts.
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
Malauzat has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Saint-Genès-l'Enfant: Photo: Patrick Boyer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Malauzat yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Malauzat 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 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Malauzat is a commune of 1,160 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Riom Limagne 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.