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Population 1,042: a town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Pionsat’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Police record more crime here than in most towns (D): an average of 17.9 recorded violent incidents and 16.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health is a weak point (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pionsat 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.
Each subject compares Pionsat 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.
Pionsat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Pionsat does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Pionsat: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1920.
36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The list names few of Pionsat’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison dite Maison Pradon: Photo: Olivier1105 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pionsat.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €831/m², lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€2,181/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 54 houses and apartments changed hands in Pionsat from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 98% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €857/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: 7.1% of residents. Children under 15 make up 8.6%, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Pionsat | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 8.6% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 40% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Pionsat’s deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, above both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (83) and compared French towns (88). For a family doctor, residents of Pionsat can choose among 8 GPs. Average lifespans in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 248 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 421, 70% more.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Pionsat: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
600 jobs are based in Pionsat, for 350 working residents (1.6 per worker). Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 9.6% of working residents in Pionsat didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pionsat yet.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pionsat is a commune of 1,042 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saint-Éloy. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pionsat | 1,042 | — | — | A+ | D | C− |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines | 3,480 | 7.7 | B+ | A+ | C | B |
| Commentry Allier | 6,017 | 12 | B+ | A | B | D |
| Prémilhat Allier | 2,540 | 16 | — | A | — | C− |
| Montluçon Allier | 33,147 | 16 | C | A | D | C |
| Désertines Allier | 4,259 | 17 | B | A− | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pionsat grades A+ for cost of living.
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.