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A town of 1,143 in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Bressolles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 3% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Bressolles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bressolles 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Bressolles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Caserne ou quartier Villars, actuellement centre national du costume de scène, in Moulins, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Bressolles. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Moulins4.3 km north, in Moulins
MuseumMusée Anne-de-Beaujeu4.4 km north, in Moulins
MuseumCentre national du costume et de la scène3.6 km north, in Moulins
MuseumMaison Mantin4.3 km north, in Moulins
MuseumPavillon d'Anne de Beaujeu4.4 km north, in MoulinsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bressolles.
On this, Bressolles is below both Allier’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bressolles has 100 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The median disposable income is €28,830 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Bressolles comes below both Allier’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 89 residents of Bressolles died, against 124 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Bressolles, 97.2% passed the bac, above both Allier’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile GuillauminNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 86%+4 pts |
| Lycée général Théodore de BanvilleNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 316 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-Benoît PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 61 | 95%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Bressolles, that is below both Allier’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Bressolles | Allier median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Bressolles in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 100.0% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Bressolles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bressolles.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bressolles | 1,143 | — | — | A+ | — | A |
| Moulins | 19,206 | 2.3 | B+ | A− | C− | B+ |
| Yzeure | 12,897 | 2.9 | A | A− | B | B+ |
| Avermes | 4,074 | 4.1 | A+ | A− | A | A |
| Varennes-sur-Allier | 3,549 | 15 | C− | A | C | D |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule | 4,884 | 15 | C+ | A | D | B− |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre | 2,959 | 17 | A− | A+ | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bressolles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. 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.
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bressolles is a commune of 1,143 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
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 October 30, 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.