Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 507 people, lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
There are no grades for Meilhaud: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Meilhaud as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église-Haute (ou église du Chastel), in Saint-Floret, 2.6 mi away.
22% 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 Meilhaud.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%. People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Meilhaud | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Meilhaud has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The median disposable income was €25,910 a year per consumption unit, lower than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €8.22/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 14 homes were sold in Meilhaud.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Meilhaud. Best known first.
Nothing in Meilhaud is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Meilhaud as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meilhaud | 507 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Issoire | 15,115 | 4.1 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Vic-le-Comte | 5,396 | 7.9 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Veyre-Monton | 3,721 | 9 | A+ | B− | A | B |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre | 3,826 | 9.8 | A | A− | B+ | A− |
| Orcet | 2,897 | 11 | A− | B | A | C+ |
| La Roche-Blanche | 3,311 | 11 | A+ | A− | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Meilhaud is a commune of 507 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo Pays d'Issoire. 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.