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BizeneuilleAllier

The town, home to 296 people, lies in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Bizeneuille a good place to live?

Bizeneuille is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 13% of its housing.

What makes Bizeneuille stand out

The one thing Bizeneuille does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Inscrit · Photo: Tabl-trai · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bizeneuille’s story

Bizeneuille in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Bizeneuille; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1978.

39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1978First protected: Église Saint-Martin
  • 1997Most recently protected: Château de Grand-Champ
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Landmarks

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Bizeneuille; none is classé, France’s top protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Tabl-trai · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bizeneuille.

History

Old homes shape Bizeneuille: 39% were built before 1919, more than in Allier’s towns and across compared French towns

2historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Bizeneuille; none is classé, France’s top protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
12th c.
oldest protected part
1978
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Bizeneuille has fewer young adults than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24

44.2median age

Children under 15 make up 18% of residents. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than Allier’s towns (30%) and near compared French towns (22%). Ages in Bizeneuille split evenly at 44.2: half are older, half younger.

BizeneuilleAllier medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bizeneuille
BizeneuilleAllier medianFrance median
Under 1518%14%17%
15–248.4%9.3%11%
25–4425%19%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+22%30%22%
No diploma12%24%19%
CAP or BEP28%29%26%
Baccalauréat26%17%18%
Higher education30%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Bizeneuille are out of work than in Allier’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.4%

7%walk, cycle or take transit

Bizeneuille has 100 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.6 per worker. 6.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. The median disposable income was €25,310 a year per consumption unit, above Allier’s towns (€23,590) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
100
jobs based in Bizeneuille, 0.6 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,310
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bizeneuille than in Allier’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.72/m² a month

€7.72/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

8 houses and apartments changed hands in Bizeneuille from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bizeneuille€7.72/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Allier median€9.45/m²
€7.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.25 to €9.54/m² a month)
€7.26/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bizeneuille

12pages on Bizeneuille
Nearby attractions

Château de Grand-Champ and 3 more in and around Bizeneuille

Heritage in and near Bizeneuille. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Bizeneuille

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bizeneuille yet.

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About Bizeneuille

Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Bizeneuille is a commune of 296 people in the Communauté de communes Commentry Montmarault Néris 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

Population
296 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté
Département
Allier (03)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
11.5 sq mi (29.7 km²)
INSEE code
03031

Bizeneuille’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Allier →
DésertinesMontluçonCommentryDomératPrémilhatHurielDésertinesMontluçonCommentryDomératPrémilhatHurielBizeneuille
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bizeneuille296—————
Désertines4,2596BA−A−B−
Montluçon33,1477.6CADC
Commentry6,0177.6B+ABD
Domérat8,6229.3BAAC+
Prémilhat2,5409.9—A—C−
Huriel2,53612—A+—C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

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.