Bessay-sur-Allier’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. Homes sell for a median €1,262/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bessay-sur-Allier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bessay-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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Bessay-sur-Allier loses more people than its age profile suggests, 109 per 100 expected, above Allier’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Bessay-sur-Allier is Centre hospitalier de Moulins, 9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 129 residents of Bessay-sur-Allier died, against 119 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Allier can expect 84.8 years and a boy 78.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Bessay-sur-Allier have one GP on hand.
+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Bessay-sur-Allier · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Moulins
9 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
Bessay-sur-Allier is rich in protected monuments: 36 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Allier’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Bessay-sur-Allier is Église Saint-Martin. On the Culture ministry’s list, Bessay-sur-Allier counts 5 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. 4 of the 5 are houses and mansions.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Bessay-sur-Allier has lower unemployment than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8%
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.2% of commuters travelled at the census. 300 jobs are based in Bessay-sur-Allier, for 600 working residents (0.5 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €25,740 a year per consumption unit, higher than Allier’s towns (€23,590) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
300
jobs based in Bessay-sur-Allier, 0.5 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 42% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A younger town: only 21% of people in Bessay-sur-Allier are 65 or over, fewer than in both Allier’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 17% of residents. Degrees are held by a fifth of adults, lower than both Allier’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Aged 15 to 24: 10% of residents.
46median age
Bessay-sur-AllierAllier medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Szeder László · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Domaine de Chaugy: Photo: Banville415 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Paray: Photo: Banville415 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Bessay-sur-Allier
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bessay-sur-Allier yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bessay-sur-Allier
Is Bessay-sur-Allier safe?
Bessay-sur-Allier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Bessay-sur-Allier expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bessay-sur-Allier grades A for cost of living.
About Bessay-sur-Allier
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bessay-sur-Allier is a commune of 1,382 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.
