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3,609 residents make their home in this town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Mostly strong, with a single weak spot. Its best grade is for jobs & income (A−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment. Add safety to its strengths: an average of 1.4 recorded violent incidents and 14.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Getting around depends on the car: just over three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,456/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. The overall grade comes out at B+, #17 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. It comes out better than 69% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Orcines does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Orcines 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Orcines: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Orcines. Best known first.
Archaeological siteThermes antiques de Royat3.5 km southeast, in ChamalièresAttractionAttractionTemple de Mercurein townMuseumMuseumMusée de la Résistance, de l'Internement et de la Déportation4.1 km east, in ChamalièresAttractionAttractionGrotte du Chien3.6 km southeast, in ChamalièresGardenGardenPlace d'Arménie4.8 km east, in Clermont-FerrandPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Orcines.
Unemployment runs at 6.2%. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Orcines didn’t travel to work at all. 4.0% of Orcines’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 92% drove.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Orcines was theft from vehicles (2025). The 2025 count: 61 offenses locally.
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, armed robbery and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 11.5% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
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 283 deaths in Orcines from 2016 to 2025; there were 261, 8% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Orcines can choose among 3 GPs.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Orcines is Vestiges du temple de Mercure au sommet du Puy-de-Dôme. The protected list starts in Antiquity. Before 1919: that is when 11% of homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 79% passed the bac pro, of 189 candidates at 2 lycées. For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away. By results, schools here place #10 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Teilhard de ChardinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 185 | 95%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Valery Giscard d'EstaingNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 193 | 99%±0 pts |
| 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,456/m²: 78 houses and apartments sold in Orcines between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.57/m² a month, close to Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 96% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,462/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: 7.8% of residents. At 46.3, the median resident of Orcines sits in the middle of the age range. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Orcines | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.8% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Orcines has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Vestiges du temple de Mercure au sommet du Puy-de-Dôme: Photo: Mats Marijnissen · CC BY 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Orcines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orcines | 3,609 | — | B+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Royat | 4,479 | 2.1 | B | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Chamalières | 17,509 | 2.3 | B | C+ | C | B+ |
| Ceyrat | 6,592 | 3.6 | A | C | A | A |
| Sayat | 2,529 | 3.8 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 146,351 | 3.8 | C− | C+ | D | B− |
| Beaumont | 10,728 | 4.1 | B+ | C | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #10 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. 99% of 193 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Valery Giscard d'Estaing in 2025, at 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 €2,456/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Orcines grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Orcines is a commune of 3,609 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.