Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cognat-Lyonne.
History
Cognat-Lyonne keeps more of its old housing than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
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Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Cognat-Lyonne is Église Sainte-Radegonde. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Cognat-Lyonne are under 15, more than in Allier’s towns and across compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Allier’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 26% of adults.
44median age
Cognat-LyonneAllier medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Unemployment in Cognat-Lyonne, 5.6%, runs below Allier’s towns and compared French towns
Cognat-Lyonne has 50 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 3.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,050 a year per consumption unit, higher than Allier’s towns (€23,590) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Cognat-Lyonne, 0.2 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Cognat-Lyonne
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cognat-Lyonne is a commune of 706 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vichy 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.
