Find your town in Allier
Allier has 317 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 21 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 44 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Allier is like
The median ranked town in Allier grades highest on cost of living and safety against towns across France, and lowest on schools. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
6 of 19 (32%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for Allier, with what drives each gradeDépartement report cardHow Allier compares with France’s other départements, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
19 towns · ordered by Allier rank
5 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
296 smaller towns and villages in Allier
With the 21 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 317 communes of Allier, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
252 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Allier
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Allier
What is the best place to live in Allier?
Avermes ranks first of 19 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A) and health (A) are its strongest grades; schools (B−) is its lowest. Saint-Yorre and Lapalisse follow.
How do the biggest towns in Allier grade?
Montluçon (33,147 people) grades C overall, with its best grade in cost of living. Vichy (25,115 people) grades C− overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Allier, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Allier on TownRatings?
Yes: all 317 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 21 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 44 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 252 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Huriel and Prémilhat have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Avermes, Florian Pépellin (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Yorre, Tabl-trai (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Lapalisse, Krzysztof Golik (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Yzeure, The original uploader was Jeanlouiszimmermann at French Wik… (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Creuzier-le-Vieux, Tabl-trai (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dompierre-sur-Besbre, Michiel1972 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Moulins, Anonymous Unknown author (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Germain-des-Fossés, TCY (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Commentry, JD (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Abrest, Tabl-trai (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Domérat, Les Accros du Patrimoine 03 (CC0) · Désertines, Mairie de désertines 03 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Gannat, Patrick Rouzet (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Cusset, Jojovichy (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, Rensi 19:55, 17. Jan. 2009 (CET) (Public domain) · Bellerive-sur-Allier, Max03200 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Montluçon, Sviraman (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Vichy, jean-louis Zimmermann (CC BY 2.0) · Varennes-sur-Allier, Le Passant (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.