Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 801 residents.
Marat is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 25% of its housing. The median price paid is €811/m².
The 2 things Marat does most differently from other towns.
Marat has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1963.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marat.
Over-65s are 28% of the population. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Marat by age and the one in the middle is 50.1.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Marat | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Marat has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The protected list starts in the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
5.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. For its 300 residents in work, Marat has 100 jobs: 0.3 each. Median disposable income comes to €25,350 a year per consumption unit.
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.
37 houses and apartments changed hands in Marat from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €811/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Marat. Best known first.
Marat has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Église Saint-Clair: Photo: Ludo-1982 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour de Grippel: Photo: Eanaul · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Marat yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Marat is a commune of 801 people in the Communauté de communes Ambert Livradois Forez. 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.
