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Saint-DiéryPuy-de-Dôme

546 residents make their home in this town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Saint-Diéry a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Saint-Diéry out for now. 19% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Saint-Diéry stand out

The one thing Saint-Diéry does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de Saint-Diéry
Château de Saint-Diéry · Classé · Photo: Applefogia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Diéry’s story

Saint-Diéry in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Diéry counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1903.

22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1903First protected: Château de Saint-Diéry
  • 2005Most recently protected: Château de Cotteuges
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Diéry.

History

Saint-Diéry keeps more of its old housing than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Diéry is Château de Saint-Diéry. On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Diéry counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

13th c.
oldest protected part
1903
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

A town of families: 21% of people in Saint-Diéry are under 15, more than in both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by 24% of adults. 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. On top of that, people 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town.

46.4median age
Saint-DiéryPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Diéry
Saint-DiéryPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Under 1521%16%17%
15–246.8%9.7%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+21%25%22%
No diploma17%16%19%
CAP or BEP30%26%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education24%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Saint-Diéry has lower unemployment than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 3.0%

200 jobs are based in Saint-Diéry, for 250 working residents (0.7 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,740 a year. No commute at all: 5.7% of working residents here at the census.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Saint-Diéry, 0.7 per working resident
3.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Diéry than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.61/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Saint-Diéry recorded 21 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.61/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Diéry€9.61/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€11.00/m²
€9.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.61 to €12.13/m² a month)
€8.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Saint-Diéry and 5 more in and around Saint-Diéry

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Diéry. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Diéry

12pages on Saint-Diéry

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Diéry counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

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Photo credits

Château de Saint-Diéry: Photo: Applefogia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Saint-Diéry

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Diéry yet.

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Saint-Diéry’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Puy-de-Dôme →
AydatIssoireVeyre-MontonSaint-Genès-ChampanelleLa Roche-BlancheVic-le-ComteAydatIssoireVeyre-MontonSaint-Genès-ChampanelleLa Roche-BlancheVic-le-ComteSaint-Diéry
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Diéry546—————
Aydat2,5748.6—A−—C−
Issoire15,11511C+BC−C+
Veyre-Monton3,72112A+B−AB
Saint-Genès-Champanelle4,06612—B−—A−
La Roche-Blanche3,31113A+A−AA
Vic-le-Comte5,39613A+A−AB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saint-Diéry

Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Saint-Diéry is a commune of 546 people in the Communauté de communes du Massif du Sancy. 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

Population
546 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Massif du Sancy
Département
Puy-de-Dôme (63)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
9.5 sq mi (24.5 km²)
INSEE code
63335

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.