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A town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 302 people.
There are no grades for Pardines: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pardines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église-Haute (ou église du Chastel), in Saint-Floret, 3.3 mi away.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pardines.
Among adults, 27% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 19%, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Pardines | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per resident in work, Pardines counts 0.6 jobs (50 jobs, 150 workers). 7.4% of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €27,530 a year per consumption unit, about level with Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.6 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine Grimoald MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 80 | 100%+6 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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.22/m² a month. Pardines recorded 6 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Pardines. Best known first.
Nothing in Pardines is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pardines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pardines | 302 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Issoire | 15,115 | 3.7 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Vic-le-Comte | 5,396 | 6.6 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Veyre-Monton | 3,721 | 7.8 | A+ | B− | A | B |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre | 3,826 | 8.5 | A | A− | B+ | A− |
| Orcet | 2,897 | 10 | A− | B | A | C+ |
| La Roche-Blanche | 3,311 | 10 | A+ | A− | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pardines is a commune of 302 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglo Pays d'Issoire. 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) · 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 October 30, 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.