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It is a town of 2,872 residents in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Recorded crime is low (A): an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pupils here do less well than most (C−): bac results 2.3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.1 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,620/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking #20 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. It comes out better than 67% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Pérignat-lès-Sarliève does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pérignat-lès-Sarliève 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 no building in Pérignat-lès-Sarliève as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix en pierre du 14e siècle, in Orcet, 2.4 mi away.
4.3% 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 Pérignat-lès-Sarliève.
Among the graded crimes in Pérignat-lès-Sarliève, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Its tally for 2025: 27 recorded offenses.
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (18.8% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 83% of 116 candidates passed the bac pro. 85.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Pérignat-lès-Sarliève, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (89.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For collège, the closest is 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joliot CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 208 | 88%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent La FayetteNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 224 | 94%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 316 deaths in Pérignat-lès-Sarliève from 2016 to 2025; there were 257, 19% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Pérignat-lès-Sarliève come to 81 per 100 predicted. Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 10 family doctors.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Only one of the 44 towns in Puy-de-Dôme costs more to buy into than Pérignat-lès-Sarliève, whose median sale is €2,620/m². 80 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,620/m². Among the homes sold, 90% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,597/m² | 72 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9%, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 16% of residents. The median resident of Pérignat-lès-Sarliève is 49.5 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Pérignat-lès-Sarliève | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 4.4% of commuters got to work without a car. Unemployment stood at 7.0%, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per resident in work, Pérignat-lès-Sarliève counts 0.3 jobs (350 jobs, 1,250 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Pérignat-lès-Sarliève. Best known first.
MuseumMusée archéologique de la bataille de Gergovie1.8 km southwest, in La Roche-BlancheFortFortOppidum de Gondole3.7 km east, in Le CendreAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Pierre de Beaumont4.8 km northwest, in BeaumontChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montrognon4.8 km west, in CeyratChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sarlièves1.8 km northeast, in Cournon-d'AuvergnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Pérignat-lès-Sarliève 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 Pérignat-lès-Sarliève 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pérignat-lès-Sarliève | 2,872 | — | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
| La Roche-Blanche | 3,311 | 1.9 | A+ | A− | A | A |
| Aubière | 10,459 | 1.9 | B | C | C− | A− |
| Romagnat | 7,894 | 2.1 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Orcet | 2,897 | 2.3 | A− | B | A | C+ |
| Le Cendre | 5,415 | 2.5 | B | B− | A | C− |
| Cournon-d'Auvergne | 19,951 | 2.6 | B− | C | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #9 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns and #36 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. 94% of 224 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Fayette in 2025, 3 points 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 €2,620/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.37/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pérignat-lès-Sarliève grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pérignat-lès-Sarliève is a commune of 2,872 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 9, 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.