Schools do well: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over. The median price paid is €1,726/m².
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Plauzat 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 Plauzat 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Plauzat sees fewer deaths than 67% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 70 residents of Plauzat died, against 85 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. Adjusted mortality in the town: 82 deaths for every 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Plauzat is Centre hospitalier Paul Ardier Issoire, 7.5 mi away. 3 GPs practise locally.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Plauzat · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Paul Ardier Issoire
7.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Paul Ardier Issoire
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Plauzat: 22% were built before 1919, more than in both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Plauzat has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Pierre. The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Fewer people in Plauzat are out of work than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.8%
At the census, 3.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 850 residents in work, Plauzat has 150 jobs: 0.2 each. Households’ median disposable income: €28,490 a year per consumption unit.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
150
jobs based in Plauzat, 0.2 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 43% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plauzat
Is Plauzat safe?
Plauzat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Plauzat good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plauzat expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plauzat grades A− for cost of living.
About Plauzat
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Plauzat is a commune of 1,641 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
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.
