Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on walkability: 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (C) — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 9.2% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Sauxillanges 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.
Each subject compares Sauxillanges 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Sauxillanges has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (72 places) counts its residents as Sauxillanges’; allowing for it, deaths were 1% above expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 180 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 269, 50% more. 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. This Puy-de-Dôme town has 3 family doctors.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw150
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Sauxillanges · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Paul Ardier Issoire
5.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Paul Ardier Issoire
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Money is tighter in Sauxillanges than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,370 a year per consumption unit
9.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 9.2%, near Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.1%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot6%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
300
jobs based in Sauxillanges, 0.6 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Sauxillanges skews older, with 27% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. At 47.5, the median resident of Sauxillanges sits in the middle of the age range.
47.5median age
SauxillangesPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Sauxillanges is rich in protected monuments: 46 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sauxillanges has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. Also worth knowing: 31% of homes date from before 1919.
Parties subsistantes de l'ancienne église Saint-Jean-Baptiste (ou Saint-Jean l'Evangéliste): Photo: Meria Geoian · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne église dite Chapelle Notre-Dame du Bois: Photo: Meria Geoian · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien monastère: Photo: Meria Geoian · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sauxillanges
Is Sauxillanges safe?
Sauxillanges has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Sauxillanges expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,149/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sauxillanges grades A+ for cost of living.
About Sauxillanges
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sauxillanges is a commune of 1,316 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
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.
