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A town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,708 people.
Schools are its strong suit (A): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. The weak point is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,655/m² takes 4.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Riom Limagne et Volcans.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Ours 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-Ours does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Ours 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-Ours 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-Ours as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine du Château-Dauphin, in Pontgibaud, 2.4 mi away.
15% 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-Ours.
Jobs based in Saint-Ours number 450, against 800 residents in work (0.5 per worker). At the census, 4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. 5.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Anna Garcin-MayadeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 71 | 97%+2 pts |
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 248 residents of Saint-Ours died, against 171 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 45% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Ours is Centre hospitalier de Riom, 10.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Ours can choose among 2 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Puy-de-Dôme is 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,655/m², comes from 42 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Ours from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for nine in ten sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,590/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9%, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. 22% of residents have reached 65. Among adults, 28% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Ours | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, family days out and museums in and near Saint-Ours. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Ours 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-Ours 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-Ours | 1,708 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Volvic | 4,883 | 6.4 | A+ | A− | A+ | B |
| Sayat | 2,529 | 7 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Orcines | 3,609 | 7 | B+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Blanzat | 3,709 | 8.5 | B+ | B− | A− | A |
| Châteaugay | 3,189 | 9.1 | A | C+ | A | A− |
| Royat | 4,479 | 9.1 | B | C+ | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Ours has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 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 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,655/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Ours grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Ours is a commune of 1,708 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Riom Limagne et Volcans. 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 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.