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Some 1,426 people live in this town, in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Prices are modest for what you get (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median price paid is €1,315/m².
Figures: 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Manzat 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 Manzat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Manzat 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.
Manzat 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 Manzat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Chazeron, in Loubeyrat, 5.2 mi away.
21% 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 Manzat.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Manzat from July 2023 to June 2026: 32 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,315/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 9.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 53 | 94%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.8% of commuters at the census. Manzat has 400 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.6 per worker. The median disposable income was €25,670 a year per consumption unit, lower than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Manzat come to 97 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 170 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 209, 23% more. The nearest emergency department to Manzat is Centre hospitalier de Riom, 9.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Manzat have one GP on hand.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8.3% of the town. 29% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (32%). Line up the people of Manzat by age and the one in the middle is 44.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Manzat | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Manzat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Manzat.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manzat | 1,426 | — | — | A+ | — | C |
| Châtel-Guyon | 6,299 | 6.6 | A | B+ | B | B+ |
| Volvic | 4,883 | 7.3 | A+ | A− | A+ | B |
| Mozac | 3,957 | 8.4 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Riom | 18,820 | 9.5 | B | A− | D | B− |
| Sayat | 2,529 | 9.9 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Châteaugay | 3,189 | 10 | A | C+ | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Manzat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 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 82% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Manzat grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Manzat is a commune of 1,426 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
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.