Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,619 people live in this town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Tallende’s strongest is jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.2% unemployment. Schools do well: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €2,627/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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. Tallende 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 Tallende 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.
Tallende has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Tallende as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, in Le Crest, 1 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Tallende is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tallende.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.7 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 6.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 48 | 90%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,627/m², comes from 35 sales of houses and apartments in Tallende from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,627/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of those in the labour force, 4.2% are unemployed. At the census, 2.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 103 deaths in Tallende from 2016 to 2025; there were 86, 16% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Tallende is Hopital Gabriel Montpied Chu Clermont Ferrand, 6.2 mi away. Average lifespans in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women, 79.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. A fifth of residents are 65 or over, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 18% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Tallende | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.4% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 1.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8.8. For 2025, the figures show 5 offenses in Tallende. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 46.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Tallende. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Tallende yet.
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Tallende is a commune of 1,619 people in the Communauté de communes Mond'Arverne Communauté. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallende | 1,619 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Veyre-Monton | 3,721 | 2 | A+ | B− | A | B |
| La Roche-Blanche | 3,311 | 2.4 | A+ | A− | A | A |
| Orcet | 2,897 | 3.1 | A− | B | A | C+ |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre | 3,826 | 3.4 | A | A− | B+ | A− |
| Romagnat | 7,894 | 4.2 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Pérignat-lès-Sarliève | 2,872 | 4.3 | B+ | C+ | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tallende has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns. 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 €2,627/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tallende grades B+ for cost of living.
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.