Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
948 people live in this town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Saint-Babel has none.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Babel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin d'Yronde, in Yronde-et-Buron, 2.3 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Babel.
The 15-to-24 age group: 9%, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Saint-Babel has a median age of 44.3 years. Degrees are held by 33% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Babel | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.2% of the labour force are out of work. 100 jobs are based in Saint-Babel, for 500 working residents (0.2 per worker). Also worth knowing: at the census, 2.1% of working residents in Saint-Babel went to work by public transport.
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 23 homes were sold in Saint-Babel.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and gardens in and near Saint-Babel. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Babel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Babel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Babel | 948 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Issoire | 15,115 | 4.6 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Vic-le-Comte | 5,396 | 4.8 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre | 3,826 | 7.7 | A | A− | B+ | A− |
| Veyre-Monton | 3,721 | 8.2 | A+ | B− | A | B |
| Billom | 4,805 | 8.9 | B+ | A | B | C− |
| Orcet | 2,897 | 9.7 | A− | B | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Babel is a commune of 948 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
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 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.