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Saint-FloretPuy-de-Dôme

In Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 243 residents.

Is Saint-Floret a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Saint-Floret is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for just over a fifth of homes.

What makes Saint-Floret stand out

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

Picked automatically from the data
Église-Haute (ou église du Chastel)
Église-Haute (ou église du Chastel) · Classé · Photo: Torsade de Pointes · CC0
Saint-Floret’s story

Saint-Floret in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Floret: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1909.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Wikidata records 2 people born in Saint-Floret before 1900, the earliest Jean-Marie, Austremoine Desribes, in 1759.

  • 1909First protected: Immeuble dit "château de Saint-Floret" ou "Vieux Château"
  • 1915Most recently protected: Église-Haute (ou église du Chastel)
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The data

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

Who lives here

Children make up only 11% of Saint-Floret, fewer than in both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns

Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. 27% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Half of Saint-Floret is older than 50.3, half younger.

50.3median age
Saint-FloretPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Floret
Saint-FloretPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Under 1511%16%17%
15–248.4%9.7%11%
25–4421%22%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+27%25%22%
No diploma14%16%19%
CAP or BEP27%26%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education30%32%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Saint-Floret: 27% were built before 1919, more than in both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns

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

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Floret is Église-Haute (ou église du Chastel). Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0
13th c.
oldest protected part
1909
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Saint-Floret run lower than in both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns: a median €24,680 a year per consumption unit

At the census, 6.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Saint-Floret holds 50 jobs; 100 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. 8.2% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Floret, 0.3 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,680
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

100.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 7 mi off.

100.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Floret100.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Antoine Grimoald MonnetNearest collègeCollègeCollège80100%+6 pts
100.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Floret 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.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 10 homes in Saint-Floret.

€9.61/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Floret€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)
€8.22/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-Floret and 7 more in and around Saint-Floret

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Floret. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Floret

13pages on Saint-Floret

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Saint-Floret: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Immeuble dit "château de Saint-Floret" ou "Vieux Château": Photo: Torsade de Pointes · CC0 · Église-Haute (ou église du Chastel): Photo: Torsade de Pointes · CC0

Famous people from Saint-Floret

2 notable people were born in Saint-Floret.

Their page →

Saint-Floret’s neighbors

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

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IssoireVic-le-ComteVeyre-MontonAydatLes Martres-de-VeyreLa Roche-BlancheIssoireVic-le-ComteVeyre-MontonAydatLes Martres-de-VeyreLa Roche-BlancheSaint-Floret
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Floret243—————
Issoire15,1156.9C+BC−C+
Vic-le-Comte5,3969.2A+A−AB−
Veyre-Monton3,7219.2A+B−AB
Aydat2,5749.6—A−—C−
Les Martres-de-Veyre3,82610AA−B+A−
La Roche-Blanche3,31111A+A−AA

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

About Saint-Floret

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

Saint-Floret is a commune of 243 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

Population
243 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Agglo Pays d'Issoire
Département
Puy-de-Dôme (63)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.3 km²)
INSEE code
63342

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.