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Some 1,640 people live in this town, in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
At €2,258/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Riom Limagne et Volcans. Work and incomes are strong: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools, B− for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Ménétrol 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 Ménétrol 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.
Ménétrol 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 Ménétrol as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame du Marthuret, in Riom, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Ménétrol. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye de Mozac3.3 km northwest, in Mozac
MuseumMusée Mandet2.7 km north, in Riom
MuseumMusée des arts et traditions populaires de Riom2.8 km north, in RiomAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Amable de Riom2.8 km northwest, in RiomAttractionAttractionBeffroi de Riom2.8 km north, in RiomPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ménétrol.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.3% of residents, about level with Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and below compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 26% of residents. Under 15: 16% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Ménétrol | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,258/m²: 35 houses and apartments sold in Ménétrol between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €10.47/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.63/m² a month, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,258/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Ménétrol can choose among 6 GPs. Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 119 residents of Ménétrol died, against 134 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer.
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 C− to A−.
The median disposable income was €28,740 a year per consumption unit, above both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.1 mi away. Near Ménétrol, 93.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean VilarNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 90%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Pierre-Joël BontéNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 94 | 100%+2 pts |
| Collège Pierre Mendès FranceBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 116 | 97%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Ménétrol were vehicle theft than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 27 offenses here in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.8 cases of violence against people and 14 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (31.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Ménétrol is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ménétrol yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Ménétrol has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 94 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pierre-Joël Bonté in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,258/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ménétrol grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ménétrol is a commune of 1,640 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) · 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.