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Population 2,203: a town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Nohanent’s standout strength is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns (C+): bac results 1.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.8 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €2,268/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Nohanent 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 Nohanent does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Nohanent 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.
Nohanent has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Nohanent has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1972.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Nohanent. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Clermont-Ferrand4.1 km southeast, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumMusée Bargoin4.6 km southeast, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumMusée d'Art Roger-Quilliot4.9 km east, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumMuséum Henri-Lecoq4.7 km southeast, in Clermont-Ferrand
MuseumHôtel Fontfreyde4 km southeast, in Clermont-Ferrand
Archaeological siteThermes antiques de Royat4.6 km south, in ChamalièresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nohanent.
150 jobs are based in Nohanent, for 950 working residents (0.2 per worker). Of those in the labour force, 6.2% are unemployed. Bus, tram or train carried 5.3% of working residents in Nohanent to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Nohanent. Average lifespans in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 154 residents of Nohanent died, against 206 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 5 vocational lycées within 5 km, 85% of 448 candidates passed the bac pro. The closest collège is 1.3 mi off. Near Nohanent, 93.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Roger QuilliotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 81%−7 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Alyre PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 220 | 98%−1 pt |
| Collège Sainte-Thècle PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 113 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Nohanent is Croix située en bordure du chemin des Côtes. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century. 9.6% of its homes were built before 1919, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
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.
53 sales of houses and apartments in Nohanent, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,268/m². Of the homes sold, 96% were houses. House rents are put at about €9.64/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,292/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Typical age in Nohanent: 47.6, the median. The 65-and-over age group makes up a quarter of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Nohanent | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 22 offenses in Nohanent in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.1 violent offenses and 7.4 graded property crimes a year. Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime in the town was burglary (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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 44.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nohanent has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Croix située en bordure du chemin des Côtes: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Nohanent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nohanent | 2,203 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Sayat | 2,529 | 1.7 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Blanzat | 3,709 | 1.8 | B+ | B− | A− | A |
| Chamalières | 17,509 | 2.5 | B | C+ | C | B+ |
| Cébazat | 8,953 | 2.5 | B | C | B− | A− |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 146,351 | 2.6 | C− | C+ | D | B− |
| Orcines | 3,609 | 2.7 | B+ | B− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Nohanent has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 35% of compared French towns. 98% of 220 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Saint-Alyre in 2025, a point below 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 €2,268/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Nohanent grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Nohanent is a commune of 2,203 people in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. 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.