Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 430 residents and lies in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Vernines has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 18% of homes.
The one thing Vernines does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vernines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-des-Fers, in Orcival, 1.9 mi away.
22% 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 Vernines.
Nearly a fifth of residents have reached 65. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.1%, lower than both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Residents of Vernines have a median age of 42.6.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Vernines | Puy-de-Dôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Vernines holds 150 jobs; 200 of its residents are in work, so 0.8 jobs each. The median disposable income was €26,640 a year per consumption unit, close to both Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 7.2% of working residents locally at the census.
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.
The market in Vernines: 13 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €6.59/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Vernines 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 Vernines yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vernines is a commune of 430 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
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.