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Home to 4,066 people, this town lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Jobs & income is its strong suit (A+): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.0% unemployment. Its schools beat most: brevet results a point above the expected rate. At the median price of €2,429/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. Walkability is its weak spot — 8% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Genès-Champanelle has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Saint-Genès-Champanelle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Genès-Champanelle 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.
Saint-Genès-Champanelle has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Genès-Champanelle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix sur la place de l'église, in Royat, 3.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Genès-Champanelle.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €30,880 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 3.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #4 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. A collège lies 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri PourratNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 190 residents of Saint-Genès-Champanelle died, against 256 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. Also worth knowing: there are 2 general practitioners here.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 23%, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Genès-Champanelle | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.4% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 52% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,429/m²: 67 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Genès-Champanelle between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,429/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Genès-Champanelle show 27 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 1.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 5.3. Of the graded crimes here, burglary came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 34.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Saint-Genès-Champanelle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Genès-Champanelle as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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Saint-Genès-Champanelle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 85% of compared French towns and #4 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,429/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Genès-Champanelle grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Genès-Champanelle is a commune of 4,066 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.