Avermes grades A+ overall: better than 98% of compared French towns, and #1 of 19 in Allier. At the median price of €1,882/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Moulins Communauté. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 1 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Avermes 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 Avermes.
Safety
For crime per resident, Avermes sits below 94% of compared French towns
Avermes comes 3rd of the 19 compared towns in Allier on the Safety Grade. With 2,550 jobs for 1,600 working residents, Avermes draws people in from neighbouring communes. For 2025, the figures show 40 offenses here. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage25
Burglary15
Armed robbery0
Fraud23
Theft without violence15
Drug use9
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.
1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
40
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.1%
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 11.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Avermes sees fewer deaths than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 71 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Allier: 84.8 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 336 deaths in Avermes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 448: 25% below. This Allier town has one family doctor.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw75
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Avermes · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Moulins
1.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Moulins
84.8 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Allier, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Avermes costs less than in Allier’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.36/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,882/m², comes from 107 sales of houses and apartments in Avermes from July 2023 to June 2026. Only one of the 21 towns in Allier costs more to buy into than Avermes, whose median sale is €1,882/m².
€1,882/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Avermes€1,882/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Allier median€1,320/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,882/m²
107
€8.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.66 to €10.49/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.64/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Moulins Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Children under 15 make up 15%, near Allier’s towns (14%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. Residents of Avermes have a median age of 51.3.
51.3median age
AvermesAllier medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Avermes come to a median €26,270 a year per consumption unit, against €23,590 in Allier’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
10.8% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Allier’s towns (12.1%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.4% of working residents in Avermes went to work by public transport.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport4%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,550
jobs based in Avermes, 1.6 per working resident
10.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 62% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
89.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, 0.6 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 87% passed the bac pro, of 175 candidates at 2 lycées. Its schools’ results rank #6 of 21 in Allier. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Avermes
Is Avermes safe?
It grades A for safety, #3 of 19 in Allier. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Avermes good?
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #6 of 21 in Allier. 97% of 316 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Théodore de Banville in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Avermes expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,882/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Avermes grades A− for cost of living.
About Avermes
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Avermes is a commune of 4,074 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Moulins 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
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.
