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The town has 2,006 residents and lies in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Cosne-d'Allier’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools lag: brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. It also trails on jobs & income — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 10.8% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Cosne-d'Allier 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.
The 2 things Cosne-d'Allier does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cosne-d'Allier 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.
Cosne-d'Allier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cosne-d'Allier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Germain, in Sauvagny, 2.3 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cosne-d'Allier.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 14.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Émile GuillauminNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 44 | 75%−10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.69/m² a month, below both Allier’s towns (€9.45/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.39/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 88 homes were sold in Cosne-d'Allier.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €919/m² | 87 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 6.7%, below Allier’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Residents of Cosne-d'Allier have a median age of 57.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Cosne-d'Allier | Allier median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 34% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.3% of Cosne-d'Allier’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 10.8%. The median disposable income was €24,080 a year per consumption unit, about level with Allier’s towns (€23,590) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 420 deaths in Cosne-d'Allier from 2016 to 2025; there were 461, 10% more. The nearest emergency department to Cosne-d'Allier is Centre hospitalier de Montlucon, 14.2 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Cosne-d'Allier can choose among 2 GPs. In Allier, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Heritage in and near Cosne-d'Allier. Best known first.
Nothing in Cosne-d'Allier is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Cosne-d'Allier.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosne-d'Allier | 2,006 | — | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Désertines | 4,259 | 13 | B | A− | A− | B− |
| Commentry | 6,017 | 14 | B+ | A | B | D |
| Montluçon | 33,147 | 15 | C | A | D | C |
| Domérat | 8,622 | 16 | B | A | A | C+ |
| Prémilhat | 2,540 | 17 | — | A | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cosne-d'Allier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cosne-d'Allier grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Cosne-d'Allier is a commune of 2,006 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.