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It is a town of 531 residents in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Sauvessanges has none. Second homes make up just over a third of its housing. It skews older: 34% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Sauvessanges does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sauvessanges as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin du hameau de Cossanges, in Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon, 4.4 mi away.
44% 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 Sauvessanges.
People aged 15 to 24 are 7.5% of the population. Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Sauvessanges by age and the one in the middle is 54.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Sauvessanges | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,790 a year per consumption unit. Sauvessanges has 100 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 5.5% of working residents in Sauvessanges 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.
The market in Sauvessanges: 14 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Sauvessanges 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 Sauvessanges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauvessanges | 531 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ambert | 6,517 | 12 | A+ | A | B+ | B− |
| Bas-en-Basset Haute-Loire | 4,638 | 13 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
| Beauzac Haute-Loire | 2,954 | 15 | — | A | — | C− |
| Retournac Haute-Loire | 3,007 | 15 | A | A | A | B− |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez Loire | 5,116 | 16 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire Haute-Loire | 8,823 | 16 | A− | B+ | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sauvessanges is a commune of 531 people in the Communauté de communes Ambert Livradois Forez. 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.