Schools are its weak spot (C−) — bac results 3.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.5 points below the expected rate. Crime is the sore point: an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 17.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is walkability — 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,965/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Vichy Communauté. The overall grade lands at C, #16 of 19 in Allier. On that grade it does better than nearly a third of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Bellerive-sur-Allier 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 Bellerive-sur-Allier.
Who lives here
Bellerive-sur-Allier skews older, with 34% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Allier’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 15%, between Allier’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. 28% of adults hold a degree.
53median age
Bellerive-sur-AllierAllier medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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
Schools
Exam results around Bellerive-sur-Allier trail 82% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 79% passed the bac pro, of 224 candidates at 2 lycées. Near Bellerive-sur-Allier, 84.2% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Allier’s towns (84.2%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). Its schools’ results rank #10 of 21 in Allier.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Bellerive-sur-Allier, 14.9%, runs above Allier’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €26,270 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Allier’s towns (€23,590). For its 2,900 residents in work, Bellerive-sur-Allier has 3,150 jobs: 1.1 each. At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Bellerive-sur-Allier went to work by public transport.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
Public transport6%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
3,150
jobs based in Bellerive-sur-Allier, 1.1 per working resident
14.9%
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 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Bellerive-sur-Allier sees more crime than 63% of compared French towns
All told, Bellerive-sur-Allier had 210 recorded offenses in 2025. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Bellerive-sur-Allier (2025).
6.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary61
Criminal damage54
Family violence39
Other physical violence25
Theft from vehicles17
Sexual violence14
Fraud67
Theft without violence57
Drug use27
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.
6.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
210
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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 and vehicle theft, 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Bellerive-sur-Allier has 2 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3.9% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Allier’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The oldest protected building goes back to the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Bellerive-sur-Allier run lower than in 58% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Bellerive-sur-Allier. Its three care homes for older people (258 places) count their residents as Bellerive-sur-Allier’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,462 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,460, about as many. Average lifespans in Allier: 84.8 years for women, 78.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Bellerive-sur-Allier · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Jacques Lacarin Vichy
1.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Jacques Lacarin Vichy
84.8 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Allier, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The estimated advertised rent in Bellerive-sur-Allier is €11.61/m² a month, against €9.45/m² in Allier’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Allier costs more to buy into than Bellerive-sur-Allier, at €1,965/m², the highest of 21. The median price, €1,965/m², comes from 356 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026. In Bellerive-sur-Allier, houses go for €1,971/m² and apartments for €1,912/m².
€1,965/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bellerive-sur-Allier€1,965/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Allier median€1,320/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,971/m²
278
Apartments
€1,912/m²
78
€11.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.34 to €14.43/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Vichy Communauté
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bellerive-sur-Allier
Is Bellerive-sur-Allier safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #14 of 19 in Allier. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 61 burglaries and 54 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bellerive-sur-Allier good?
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #10 of 21 in Allier. 95% of 460 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Albert Londres in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bellerive-sur-Allier expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,965/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bellerive-sur-Allier grades C+ for cost of living.
About Bellerive-sur-Allier
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bellerive-sur-Allier is a commune of 8,943 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vichy 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.
