Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,713/m² takes 4.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Entre Dore et Allier. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Moissat 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 Moissat 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 Moissat.
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Moissat run below what its ages would predict: 70 per 100 expected, fewer than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Moissat is Centre hospitalier de Thiers, 9.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 63 residents of Moissat died, against 90 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% fewer. 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.
−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw70
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Moissat · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Thiers
9.7 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
Unemployment in Moissat, 5.1%, runs below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
Per resident in work, Moissat counts 0.2 jobs (100 jobs, 650 workers). At the census, 4.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,650 a year per consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Moissat, 0.2 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,650
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 11% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Moissat has fewer older residents than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 16% are 65 or over
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. 19% are under 15, above both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 36% of adults.
43.1median age
MoissatPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
A home in Moissat sells for €1,713/m², less than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €7.66/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.24/m² a month, higher than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 48 homes were sold in Moissat.
€1,713/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Moissat€1,713/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,713/m²
48
€12.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.80 to €15.28/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,790
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Entre Dore et Allier
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Moissat
Is Moissat safe?
Moissat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Moissat expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Moissat grades B for cost of living.
About Moissat
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Moissat is a commune of 1,253 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Dore et Allier. 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.
