Thiers’s weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 15 recorded violent incidents and 24.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its overall grade is C, better than 30% of compared French towns. It ranks #35 of 38 in Puy-de-Dôme. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add walkability to its strengths — just over two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Thiers 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thiers.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Thiers than in Puy-de-Dôme or compared French towns: 21 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
17% of homes were built before 1919. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1974. The Culture ministry lists 25 historic monuments in Thiers: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 20 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Genès.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Thiers records more crime per resident than 95% of compared French towns
No compared town in Puy-de-Dôme has more graded crime per resident than Thiers: it ranks last of 38. The police record for Thiers lists 472 offenses in 2025. With 7,600 jobs for 4,250 working residents, Thiers draws people in from neighbouring communes. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
15recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage153
Other physical violence85
Family violence84
Burglary47
Sexual violence45
Vehicle theft29
Theft from vehicles29
Theft without violence108
Fraud92
Drug use62
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.
15
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
472
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, under 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Thiers cost less than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €893/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Thiers, houses go for €1,004/m² and apartments for €704/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €8.97/m² a month, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€11.00/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 77% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€893/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Thiers€893/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,004/m²
324
Apartments
€704/m²
95
€8.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.83 to €11.79/m² a month)
2.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Thiers Dore et Montagne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Thiers’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Thiers: 95 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,451 residents of Thiers died, against 1,362 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 9 GPs practise in the town.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Thiers · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Thiers
0.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Thiers
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Thiers than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15
Among adults, 25% have a degree. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, higher than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents.
48.6median age
ThiersPuy-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 diploma26%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Schools
83.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 0.9 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #26 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. Near Thiers, 92.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, in line with Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
97%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ancien hôtel du Charriol, dit château ou maison du Piroux: Photo: Jastrow sur Wikipédia français · Public domain · Maison dite de l'Homme des Bois: Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0 · Maison dite des sept péchés capitaux: Photo: Bdenis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Abbaye du Moutier: Photo: Lifael68 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Claire Chazal: Francois from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ludovic Genest: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mauricia Coquiot: Didier Descouens, Public domain · Antoine Dussot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Dorine Bourneton: L'Échappée Volée from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
Thiers’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Thiers
Is Thiers safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 47 burglaries and 153 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Thiers good?
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns and #26 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. 96% of 201 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Montdory in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Thiers expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Thiers grades A for cost of living.
About Thiers
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Thiers is a commune of 11,637 people in the Communauté de communes Thiers Dore et Montagne. 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.
