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TauvesPuy-de-Dôme

684 people call this town in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.

Population

684

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€8.87

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Median income

€24,550

a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970

Walk, cycle, transit

16%

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Tauves a good place to live?

Tauves isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 20% of its housing. Over-65s are just over a third of the population.

What makes Tauves stand out

The 2 things Tauves does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

35% are 65 or over

Median age 56.4. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Église Notre-Dame · Classé · Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Tauves’ story

Tauves in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Tauves: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1908.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Alphonse Cytère, born in 1861, is the one person born in Tauves before 1900 that Wikidata records.

1908First protected: Église Notre-Dame
1976Most recently protected: Menhir dit Pierre des Quatre Curés

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tauves.

Who lives here

Older residents shape Tauves: 35% are 65 or over, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns

The under-15s are 13% of the population here. 5.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults.

56.4median age

TauvesPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median

Puy-de-Dôme medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

35%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%

CAP or BEP28%

Baccalauréat21%

Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Tauves
	Tauves	Puy-de-Dôme median	France median
Under 15	13%	16%	17%
15–24	5.6%	9.7%	11%
25–44	17%	22%	23%
45–64	29%	26%	26%
65+	35%	25%	22%
No diploma	20%	16%	19%
CAP or BEP	28%	26%	26%
Baccalauréat	21%	18%	18%
Higher education	22%	32%	30%

Full pageTauves’ Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages56.4 median age · 35% are 65 or over Households350 households · 1.9 people per household Born abroad1.3% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Tauves?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Tauves keeps more of its old housing than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Tauves is Menhir dit Pierre des Quatre Curés. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2

Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Menhir dit Pierre des Quatre Curés Prehistory
Église Notre-Dame 12th & 15th c.

Prehistory

oldest protected part

1908

first monument protected

Full pageTauves’ history pageOpen the page

Age of homes29% built before 1919 · Older homes Map2 historic monuments Classé2 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Tauves?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Tauves has lower unemployment than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 4.3%

Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,550 a year. Tauves has 250 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.9 per worker. 15.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

16%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving73%

On foot14%

Bicycle1%

Motorbike or scooter0%

Public transport0%

250

jobs based in Tauves, 0.9 per working resident

4.3%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€24,550

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

11%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

Full pageTauves’ work & commute pageOpen the page

Jobs based here250 jobs based here · 0.9 per working resident Getting to work16% walk, cycle or take transit Median income€24,550 a year · Median income per consumption unit

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Tauves costs less than in both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.87/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Tauves from July 2023 to June 2026: 20 houses and apartments.

€8.87/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Tauves€8.87/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Puy-de-Dôme median€11.00/m²

€8.87/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €11.95/m² a month)

€6.59/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageTauves’ cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€8.87/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Tauves

11pages on Tauves

The big questions

Health1 GP · nearest emergency department 15.2 mi away Work & commute250 jobs based here Housing20 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors42% of the commune is protected nature ClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 56.4 History2 historic monuments Town HallFamous people3 notable people born here

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Tauves: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →

Classé

Menhir dit Pierre des Quatre CurésStanding stone · Prehistory

Église Notre-DameChurch · 12th & 15th c.

Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Tauves

3 notable people were born in Tauves.

See all 3 →

Alphonse CytèreFrench engineer and ceramist (1861-1941)

René MonteixFrench painter (1908-1997)

Maurice PibouleFrench archaeologist · 1919–2011

Tauves’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Puy-de-Dôme →

UsselTauves

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Tauves	684	—	—	—	—	—
Ussel Corrèze	9,187	15	B⁺	A⁻	C⁺	B⁻

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Tauves

Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Tauves is a commune of 684 people in the Communauté de communes Dômes Sancy Artense. 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

Population: 684 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Dômes Sancy Artense
Département: Puy-de-Dôme (63)
Région: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area: 13.1 sq mi (34 km²)
INSEE code: 63426

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.