Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 879 in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Parent is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 2 things Parent does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Parent as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien sanctuaire de Saint-Genes, in Coudes, 0.7 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage in and near Parent. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Parent.
The 65-and-over age group makes up 19% of residents. Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Residents of Parent have a median age of 42.6.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Parent | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 8.0%, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Parent number 100, against 400 residents in work (0.2 per worker). No commute at all: 4.1% of working residents in the town at the census.
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.
General-bac pupils go 4.9 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Comté Henri BertrandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 91 | 95%±0 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.
Homes sold for a median €1,971/m², below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€2,181/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €8.67/m² a month. 35 houses and apartments changed hands in Parent from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,971/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Parent 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 Parent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | 879 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vic-le-Comte | 5,396 | 1.9 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre | 3,826 | 4.6 | A | A− | B+ | A− |
| Veyre-Monton | 3,721 | 4.6 | A+ | B− | A | B |
| Issoire | 15,115 | 5.5 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Orcet | 2,897 | 6.4 | A− | B | A | C+ |
| Le Cendre | 5,415 | 7 | B | B− | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Parent is a commune of 879 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) · 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 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.