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Home to 611 people, this town lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Surat is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Surat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Limin (ou Saint-Martin), in Thuret, 2.3 mi away.
11% 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 Surat.
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, about level with Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and below compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. Ages in Surat split evenly at 43.2: half are older, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Surat | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
2.7% 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%). 50 jobs are based in Surat, for 300 working residents (0.2 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €27,220 a year per consumption unit.
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.
A house rents for an estimated €10.58/m² a month. The market in Surat: 16 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 88% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Surat 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 Surat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surat | 611 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ennezat | 2,748 | 3 | A+ | B+ | B | A |
| Maringues | 3,141 | 4 | A | A | A− | B− |
| Aigueperse | 2,665 | 6.4 | — | A | — | A+ |
| Riom | 18,820 | 7.4 | B | A− | D | B− |
| Mozac | 3,957 | 8.5 | A+ | B | A | A− |
| Châtel-Guyon | 6,299 | 9 | A | B+ | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Surat is a commune of 611 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) · 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.