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Saint-YvoinePuy-de-Dôme

A town of 553 in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Saint-Yvoine a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Saint-Yvoine is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Saint-Yvoine’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Yvoine’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Yvoine

The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Yvoine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin d'Yronde, in Yronde-et-Buron, 2.4 mi away.

18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Saint-Yvoine is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

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

Who lives here

Saint-Yvoine has fewer young adults than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 7.8% are 15 to 24

46.3median age

20% of residents are 65 or over, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 38% have a degree. The age that splits Saint-Yvoine in two is 46.3.

Saint-YvoinePuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Yvoine
Saint-YvoinePuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–247.8%9.7%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+20%25%22%
No diploma11%16%19%
CAP or BEP26%26%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education38%32%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Saint-Yvoine, 5.0%, runs below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns

4%walk, cycle or take transit

4.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 50 jobs are based in Saint-Yvoine, for 250 working residents (0.2 per worker). After tax and benefits, the median income is €29,980 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Yvoine, 0.2 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

88.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 3.9 points below the expected rate

96%passed the bac (general and technological)

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

The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Yvoine88.7%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Saint-Yvoine95.7%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège de VerrièreNearest collègeCollègeCollège10285%−7 pts
Lycée général et technologique MuratNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée32395%−2 pts
Collège Sévigné Saint-Louis PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège12798%+2 pts

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96%
passed the general and technological bac, −1.5 pts against the expected rate
88.7%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3.9 pts against the expected rate
2.4 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-Yvoine than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.51/m² a month

€9.51/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

27 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Yvoine from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Yvoine€9.51/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€11.00/m²
€9.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.55 to €11.97/m² a month)
€9.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Yvoine

13pages on Saint-Yvoine
Nearby attractions

Église Saint-Austremoine d'Issoire and 12 more in and around Saint-Yvoine

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Yvoine. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Saint-Yvoine

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Yvoine yet.

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About Saint-Yvoine

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

Saint-Yvoine is a commune of 553 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
553 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Agglo Pays d'Issoire
Département
Puy-de-Dôme (63)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
3.5 sq mi (9 km²)
INSEE code
63404

Saint-Yvoine’s neighbors

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

All towns in Puy-de-Dôme →
IssoireVic-le-ComteVeyre-MontonLes Martres-de-VeyreOrcetLe CendreIssoireVic-le-ComteVeyre-MontonLes Martres-de-VeyreOrcetLe CendreSaint-Yvoine
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Yvoine553—————
Issoire15,1152.9C+BC−C+
Vic-le-Comte5,3964.5A+A−AB−
Veyre-Monton3,7217.1A+B−AB
Les Martres-de-Veyre3,8267.2AA−B+A−
Orcet2,8979A−BAC+
Le Cendre5,4159.7BB−AC−

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

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 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.