Broût-Vernet’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income (C) — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment. Homes change hands at a median €1,500/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, INSEE census 2023. Broût-Vernet 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 Broût-Vernet 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 C
Broût-Vernet has a higher adjusted death rate than 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Broût-Vernet is Ch Jacques Lacarin Vichy, 8.9 mi away. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Broût-Vernet come to 96 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 122 residents of Broût-Vernet died, against 127 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Life expectancy in Allier: 84.8 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Broût-Vernet · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Jacques Lacarin Vichy
9.1 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
Broût-Vernet has lower unemployment than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6%
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.0% of commuters travelled at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,370 a year per consumption unit, about level with Allier’s towns (€23,590) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Broût-Vernet, 0.5 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 33% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Broût-Vernet has fewer young adults than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 8.5% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 17%, above Allier’s towns (14%) and close to compared French towns (17%). 26% of residents are 65 or over. Degrees are held by a quarter of adults.
46.5median age
Broût-VernetAllier medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Broût-Vernet: 24% were built before 1919, more than in Allier’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Broût-Vernet: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Prieuré d'Aubeterre. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Broût-Vernet
Is Broût-Vernet safe?
Broût-Vernet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Broût-Vernet expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Broût-Vernet grades A for cost of living.
About Broût-Vernet
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Broût-Vernet is a commune of 1,217 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. 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
1,217 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
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.
