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2,104 residents make their home in this town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is schools — bac results 2.3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median home sells for €1,681/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Peschadoires 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 Peschadoires does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Peschadoires 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.
Peschadoires has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Peschadoires as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin (ou calvaire de Sainte-Marguerite), in Escoutoux, 1.5 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Peschadoires. Best known first.
Art galleryCreux de l'enfer4.8 km east, in Thiers
MuseumMusée de la coutellerie de Thiers4.9 km northeast, in ThiersChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Chassaigne3.1 km northeast, in ThiersAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye du Moutier4.6 km east, in ThiersChâteauChâteauChâteau de Barante5 km north, in DoratChâteauChâteauChâteau de Franc-Séjour4.1 km northeast, in ThiersPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Peschadoires.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.06/m² a month. Houses made up 84% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 69 homes were sold in Peschadoires.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,689/m² | 58 |
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.
A collège lies 2.9 mi away. At the two general lycées, 97% of 292 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine AudembronNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 75%−5 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Jean ZayNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 91 | 98%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 11.0%. Jobs located in Peschadoires: 850, for 850 residents in work (1 each). The median disposable income was €25,860 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050).
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 199 residents of Peschadoires died, against 211 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. 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. For a family doctor, residents of Peschadoires can choose among 2 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, close to Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and above compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Peschadoires are older than 50.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Peschadoires | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Over 2025, Peschadoires logged 21 recorded offenses. Violence against people ran at 2.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.2 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
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 (36.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Peschadoires 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 Peschadoires 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peschadoires | 2,104 | — | — | A | — | C |
| Thiers | 11,637 | 2.8 | C | A | D | C |
| Lezoux | 6,528 | 5.1 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Courpière | 4,166 | 5.9 | B+ | A | B | C− |
| Puy-Guillaume | 2,630 | 8.7 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Maringues | 3,141 | 9.6 | A | A | A− | B− |
| Vertaizon | 3,527 | 11 | B+ | B | A+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Peschadoires has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 91 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Jean Zay in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Peschadoires grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Peschadoires is a commune of 2,104 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Dore et Allier. 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.