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The town, home to 2,529 people, lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The local economy does well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.4% unemployment. Schools lag: brevet results 4.9 points below the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,621/m² takes 6.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Riom Limagne et Volcans.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sayat has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Sayat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sayat 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.
Sayat has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sayat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix située en bordure du chemin des Côtes, in Nohanent, 1.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Sayat. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sayat.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 3.8 mi away. A collège lies 2.8 mi away. The town’s schools place #35 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 90%−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.
Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 248 deaths in Sayat from 2016 to 2025; there were 193, 22% fewer. 3 GPs practise here.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Puy-de-Dôme costs more to buy into than Sayat, at €2,621/m², the highest of 44. Behind the median of €2,621/m²: 60 houses and apartments sold locally between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,628/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 6.4%, lower than 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
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.4%, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Under 15: 17% of residents. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Sayat | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Sayat (2025). Over 2025, Sayat logged 16 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 1.6 violent offenses and 7.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 32.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Sayat 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 Sayat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sayat | 2,529 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Blanzat | 3,709 | 1.5 | B+ | B− | A− | A |
| Châteaugay | 3,189 | 2.4 | A | C+ | A | A− |
| Cébazat | 8,953 | 2.6 | B | C | B− | A− |
| Volvic | 4,883 | 2.8 | A+ | A− | A+ | B |
| Orcines | 3,609 | 3.8 | B+ | B− | A− | C+ |
| Chamalières | 17,509 | 4.1 | B | C+ | C | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sayat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns and #35 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,621/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sayat grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sayat is a commune of 2,529 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.