French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Buxières-les-Mines out for now. 13% of its homes are second homes. Homes sell for a median €728/m². People aged 65 and over make up just over a third of residents.
What makes Buxières-les-Mines stand out
The 3 things Buxières-les-Mines does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Buxières-les-Mines: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1886.
46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Paul Chauchard, born in 1871, is the one person born in Buxières-les-Mines before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1886First protected: Église Saint-Maurice
1928Most recently protected: Château de la Condemine
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Buxières-les-Mines: 46% were built before 1919, more than in Allier’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Buxières-les-Mines: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Saint-Maurice. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
More people in Buxières-les-Mines are out of work than in Allier’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.0%
After tax and benefits, the median income is €22,060 a year per consumption unit. Jobs located in Buxières-les-Mines: 200, for 300 residents in work (0.7 each). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.7% of commuters at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
200
jobs based in Buxières-les-Mines, 0.7 per working resident
17.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Buxières-les-Mines than in Allier’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.07/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €6.34/m² a month. The market in Buxières-les-Mines: 44 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments.
€728/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Buxières-les-Mines€728/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Allier median€1,320/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€746/m²
43
€8.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.33 to €10.29/m² a month)
€6.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Buxières-les-Mines: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Buxières-les-Mines
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Buxières-les-Mines is a commune of 994 people in the Communauté de communes du Bocage Bourbonnais. 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.
