It also does well on walkability: 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Mont-Dore 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 Mont-Dore 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.
Funiculaire du Capucin: Photo: Laurent Berne · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel "Le Sarciron": Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mont-Dore.
HealthHealth D−
Deaths in Mont-Dore run above what its ages would predict: 137 per 100 expected, more than in both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
+37%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Puy-de-Dôme, women can expect to live 85.6 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 196 deaths in Mont-Dore from 2016 to 2025; there were 318, 63% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Mont-Dore is Hopital Gabriel Montpied Chu Clermont Ferrand, 18.7 mi away. There are 7 general practitioners locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw163
Adjusted137
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Mont-Dore · 5.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
18.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Gabriel Montpied Chu Clermont Ferrand
17.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive la Chataigneraie
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
27.2% of commuters in Mont-Dore go to work without a car, more than in both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
27%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €24,760 a year per consumption unit, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 5.4% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 16.1% of working residents in Mont-Dore didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving56%
On foot24%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,100
jobs based in Mont-Dore, 2.1 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
16%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 84% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Mont-Dore than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
52.5median age
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). 31% of residents have reached 65. Graduates make up 23% of adults.
Mont-DorePuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C
A typical home in Mont-Dore sells for €2,500/m²
€2,500/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Mont-Dore: €2,419/m² for houses, €2,512/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €11.69/m² a month, between Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 277 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mont-Dore€2,500/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,419/m²
48
Apartments
€2,512/m²
229
€11.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.69 to €15.73/m² a month)
7.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.59/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Massif du Sancy
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Mont-Dore keeps more of its old housing than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century. Among the classé monuments in Mont-Dore is Etablissement thermal. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Mont-Dore has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
6.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in Mont-Dore. 2025 saw 21 offenses recorded here. Violence against people ran at 6.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15 (2023–2025 average). This Puy-de-Dôme town has 1,100 jobs for 500 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence11
Criminal damage10
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence21
Drug use5
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.
6.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
36.3%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 36.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Mont-Dore is a commune of 1,163 people in the Communauté de communes du Massif du Sancy. 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
Population
1,163 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Massif du Sancy
Département
Puy-de-Dôme (63)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
13.9 sq mi (35.9 km²)
INSEE code
63236
Mont-Dore’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
