Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 2,373 residents in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Where it does best is safety (A) — an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 11.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pupils here do less well than most (C+): brevet results 3.7 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €2,450/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Mirefleurs 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 2 things Mirefleurs does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mirefleurs 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.
Mirefleurs has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Mirefleurs has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 2000.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mirefleurs.
The 2025 count: 26 offenses in Mirefleurs. Of the graded crimes here, burglary came up most often (2025).
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 24.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 155 deaths in Mirefleurs from 2016 to 2025; there were 126, 19% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Mirefleurs is Hopital Gabriel Montpied Chu Clermont Ferrand, 7.7 mi away. The town has 3 family doctors.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Nine in ten candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Mirefleurs, about level with Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (89.1%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 3.6 mi away. Collège pupils travel 1.1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 187 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 36% of adults. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, close to Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and below compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Mirefleurs are older than 46.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Mirefleurs | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 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.
The protected list starts in the 15th century. 11% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
80 sales of houses and apartments in Mirefleurs, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,450/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.93/m² a month, higher than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.80/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,452/m² | 79 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The census found 5.6% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 6.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs located in Mirefleurs: 250, for 1,150 residents in work (0.2 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Mirefleurs. Best known first.
Mirefleurs has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison Domat: Photo: Elliott Sadourny · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mirefleurs yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirefleurs | 2,373 | — | — | B | A | B+ |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre | 3,826 | 1.5 | A | A− | B+ | A− |
| Le Cendre | 5,415 | 2.4 | B | B− | A | C− |
| Orcet | 2,897 | 2.7 | A− | B | A | C+ |
| Veyre-Monton | 3,721 | 2.9 | A+ | B− | A | B |
| Vic-le-Comte | 5,396 | 3.1 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Cournon-d'Auvergne | 19,951 | 3.4 | B− | C | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns. 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 €2,450/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mirefleurs grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mirefleurs is a commune of 2,373 people in the Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté. 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.