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Population 1,491: a town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Paslières’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (D−). Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Paslières 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 Paslières does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Paslières 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.
Paslières has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Paslières has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Paslières.
At the census, 2.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,010 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 9.0%, near Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
130 deaths in Paslières between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 119: 9% above. Women in Puy-de-Dôme live to 85.6 on average and men to 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Paslières is Centre hospitalier de Thiers, 4.7 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,660/m², lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€2,181/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.62/m² a month. Paslières recorded 41 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,660/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CondorcetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 64 | 84%−1 pt |
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.
Paslières has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Degrees are held by 22% of adults. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, higher than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and near compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Paslières is 49.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Paslières | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Paslières. Best known first.
Paslières has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église paroissiale Saint-Bonnet: Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Paslières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paslières | 1,491 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Puy-Guillaume | 2,630 | 2.9 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Thiers | 11,637 | 4.9 | C | A | D | C |
| Maringues | 3,141 | 8.3 | A | A | A− | B− |
| Lezoux | 6,528 | 8.7 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Yorre Allier | 2,641 | 10 | A+ | A | A | C |
| Courpière | 4,166 | 12 | B+ | A | B | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Paslières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Paslières grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Paslières is a commune of 1,491 people in the Communauté de communes Thiers Dore et Montagne. 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.