Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are a strength too (A) — brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. What holds it back is jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 13.5% unemployment. Most journeys need a car (C+): 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at A, better than 91% of compared French towns. That places it #8 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 Maringues 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 Maringues.
History
Maringues keeps more of its old housing than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Maringues: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is église Saint-Étienne. This Puy-de-Dôme town has 19 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (6.6) and compared French towns (2.5). Houses and mansions, 4 of the 6, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Maringues cost less than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,407/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.11/m² a month, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 99% of what sold. A house rents for an estimated €7.91/m² a month.
€1,407/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Maringues€1,407/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,419/m²
83
€9.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.21 to €11.51/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.91/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,230
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Plaine Limagne
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Maringues than in 84% of compared French towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.5 cases of violence against people and 12 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). All told, Maringues had 28 recorded offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
2.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage15
Burglary8
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud19
Theft without violence16
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.
2.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
28
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
15.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 15.7% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Maringues has higher unemployment than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 13.5%
Half of residents lived on more than €24,640 a year per consumption unit, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.6% of commuters travelled at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
750
jobs based in Maringues, 0.7 per working resident
13.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 39% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Maringues sees 89 deaths per 100 expected, against 83 in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
467 deaths in Maringues between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 357: 31% above. The nearest emergency department to Maringues is Centre hospitalier de Thiers, 10.1 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Maringues can choose among 3 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Puy-de-Dôme is 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw131
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Maringues · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Thiers
10.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Thiers
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Tournasol7 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien hôtel des Ducs de Bouillon: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison en pans de bois: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anciennes tanneries: Photo: Tournasol7 · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Maringues
Is Maringues safe?
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Maringues good?
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns and #1 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Maringues expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Maringues grades A for cost of living.
About Maringues
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Maringues is a commune of 3,141 people in the Communauté de communes Plaine Limagne. 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
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.
