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2,630 people call this town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag (C): brevet results a point below the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B− for walkability.
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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Puy-Guillaume has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Puy-Guillaume does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Puy-Guillaume 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.
Puy-Guillaume has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Puy-Guillaume; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2000.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Puy-Guillaume.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.33/m² a month, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.54/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 95% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,231/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
29% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). On top of that, the 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Puy-Guillaume | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #27 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme on results. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.2 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.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
11.0% of the labour force are out of work. 1,050 jobs are based in Puy-Guillaume, for 1,000 working residents (1 per worker). At the census, 10.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
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.
374 deaths in Puy-Guillaume between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 351: 6% above. Its two care homes for older people (76 places) count their residents as Puy-Guillaume’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Puy-Guillaume is Centre hospitalier de Thiers, 7.5 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Puy-de-Dôme is 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Heritage in and near Puy-Guillaume. Best known first.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Puy-Guillaume; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Abbaye cistercienne de Montpeyroux: Photo: Patrick Boyer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de la Bâtisse: Photo: Daftintin76 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Puy-Guillaume 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puy-Guillaume | 2,630 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Saint-Yorre Allier | 2,641 | 7.3 | A+ | A | A | C |
| Maringues | 3,141 | 7.7 | A | A | A− | B− |
| Thiers | 11,637 | 7.7 | C | A | D | C |
| Abrest Allier | 2,915 | 9.5 | B+ | A− | A− | C+ |
| Lezoux | 6,528 | 10 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier Allier | 8,943 | 11 | C | C+ | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Puy-Guillaume has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 10.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #27 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Puy-Guillaume grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Puy-Guillaume is a commune of 2,630 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 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.
