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A town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 499 people.
Saint-Pierre-Roche is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 18% of its homes are second homes.
The one thing Saint-Pierre-Roche does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Pierre-Roche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Cordès, in Orcival, 2.4 mi away.
27% 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-Pierre-Roche.
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Line up the people of Saint-Pierre-Roche by age and the one in the middle is 44.1. 33% of adults hold a degree.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Pierre-Roche | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
4.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Saint-Pierre-Roche has 50 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 6.2% of working residents in Saint-Pierre-Roche didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Saint-Pierre-Roche recorded 13 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.81/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Pierre-Roche. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Pierre-Roche 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-Pierre-Roche 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-Pierre-Roche | 499 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Genès-Champanelle | 4,066 | 9.7 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Aydat | 2,574 | 9.8 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Orcines | 3,609 | 10 | B+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Royat | 4,479 | 12 | B | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Ceyrat | 6,592 | 12 | A | C | A | A |
| Chamalières | 17,509 | 12 | B | C+ | C | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Pierre-Roche is a commune of 499 people in the Communauté de communes Dômes Sancy Artense. 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) · 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.