Where it does best is walkability: 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The catch is safety — an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 21 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At €2,253/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, ranking #30 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. Set against the rest, it does better than three fifths of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Royat 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Royat.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Royat than in Puy-de-Dôme or compared French towns: 18 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Royat: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). Since 2007, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. The oldest protected building goes back to Antiquity. Among the classé monuments here is Restes des thermes antiques.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Royat run higher than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: a median €30,960 a year per consumption unit
850 jobs are based in Royat, for 1,950 working residents (0.4 per worker). 21.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Royat didn’t travel to work at all.
22%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
Public transport11%
Bicycle6%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
850
jobs based in Royat, 0.4 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Royat has a lower adjusted death rate than 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
7 GPs practise in Royat. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Royat records 80 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 614 residents of Royat died, against 587 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. In Puy-de-Dôme, women can expect to live 85.6 years and men 79.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Royat · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Gabriel Montpied Chu Clermont Ferrand
1.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive la Chataigneraie
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Crime per resident in Royat is higher than in 65% of compared French towns
Royat’s tally for 2025: 101 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
3.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage47
Theft from vehicles15
Burglary11
Vehicle theft10
Family violence9
Other physical violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud41
Theft without violence19
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.
3.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
101
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
More people in Royat hold a degree than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 52%
Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 26% of the population. Residents of Royat have a median age of 47.3.
47.3median age
RoyatPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP16%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education52%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Royat gets a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,253/m²: 276 houses and apartments sold in Royat between July 2023 and June 2026. A house in Royat goes for €2,639/m², an apartment for €2,171/m². House rents are put at about €10.12/m² a month.
€2,253/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Royat€2,253/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,639/m²
87
Apartments
€2,171/m²
189
€11.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.25 to €14.71/m² a month)
6.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Clermont Auvergne Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
89.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the 12 collèges within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Royat, 94.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 83% passed the bac pro, of 376 candidates at 4 lycées. The nearest collège is 1.1 mi away.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Église Saint-Léger et ancien prieuré: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Croix sur la place de l'église: Photo: Rilba · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Etablissement thermal: Photo: Rilba · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Royat
Is Royat safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #30 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 47 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Royat good?
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #16 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. 99% of 193 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Valery Giscard d'Estaing in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Royat expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,253/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Royat grades C+ for cost of living.
About Royat
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Royat is a commune of 4,479 people in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. 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.
