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The town has 135 residents and lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
At under 1,000 residents, Puy-Saint-Gulmier is too small for the grades other French towns get. 26% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Puy-Saint-Gulmier does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Puy-Saint-Gulmier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen de Pierre-Fade, in Saint-Étienne-des-Champs, 1.6 mi away.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Puy-Saint-Gulmier is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Puy-Saint-Gulmier.
Over-65s are 29% of the population. 18% are under 15, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and close to compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Puy-Saint-Gulmier in two is 47.2.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Puy-Saint-Gulmier | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 34% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Puy-Saint-Gulmier holds 50 jobs; 50 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. The median disposable income was €23,650 a year per consumption unit, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 33.3% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Puy-Saint-Gulmier recorded 2 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Puy-Saint-Gulmier yet.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Puy-Saint-Gulmier is a commune of 135 people in the Communauté de communes Chavanon Combrailles et Volcans. 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) · 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.