Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 2,031 residents, it is a town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Schools are its strong suit — brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes go for a median €1,385/m².
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Germain-Lembron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Saint-Germain-Lembron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Germain-Lembron 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-Germain-Lembron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Germain-Lembron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château fort de Chalus, in Chalus, 1.5 mi away.
20% 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-Germain-Lembron.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de LiziniatNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 103 | 92%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Saint-Germain-Lembron: 65 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,385/m² | 65 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
650 jobs are based in Saint-Germain-Lembron, for 800 working residents (0.8 per worker). The median disposable income was €24,840 a year per consumption unit, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 2.6% of working residents in Saint-Germain-Lembron to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · 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. Adjusted mortality in Saint-Germain-Lembron: 97 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 291 residents of Saint-Germain-Lembron died, against 246 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Ages in Saint-Germain-Lembron split evenly at 47.7: half are older, half younger. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, close to Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and above compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 16% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Germain-Lembron | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Saint-Germain-Lembron. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Germain-Lembron is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Germain-Lembron.
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-Germain-Lembron | 2,031 | — | — | A− | — | C |
| Brassac-les-Mines | 3,412 | 5 | B | A | B− | C |
| Sainte-Florine Haute-Loire | 3,283 | 5.3 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Issoire | 15,115 | 5.8 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Vic-le-Comte | 5,396 | 13 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Brioude Haute-Loire | 6,527 | 13 | B− | A | D | B |
| Veyre-Monton | 3,721 | 15 | A+ | B− | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Germain-Lembron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 13.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Germain-Lembron grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Germain-Lembron is a commune of 2,031 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) · 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 8, 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.