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CourçaisAllier

A town of 314 in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Courçais a good place to live?

Courçais is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Courçais’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Courçais’ story

No historic monuments in Courçais

The Culture ministry lists no building in Courçais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Désiré, in Saint-Désiré, 2.8 mi away.

38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Courçais.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Courçais than in Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

The 15-to-24 age group: 9%, about level with Allier’s towns (9.3%) and below compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 23% of the town. Degrees are held by 18% of adults.

49.7median age
CourçaisAllier medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Courçais
CourçaisAllier medianFrance median
Under 1512%14%17%
15–249%9.3%11%
25–4421%19%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+23%30%22%
No diploma18%24%19%
CAP or BEP36%29%26%
Baccalauréat24%17%18%
Higher education18%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Courçais walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 3.6%

Jobs based in Courçais number 50, against 150 residents in work (0.2 per worker). The median disposable income was €22,370 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Allier’s towns (€23,590) and compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 11.6%.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Courçais, 0.2 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Courçais than in Allier’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.30/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 9 homes were sold in Courçais.

€7.30/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Courçais€7.30/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Allier median€9.45/m²
€7.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.73 to €9.32/m² a month)
€6.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Courçais

11pages on Courçais

Landmarks

Nothing in Courçais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Courçais

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Courçais yet.

How we find them →

Courçais’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Allier →
HurielDomératPrémilhatMontluçonDésertinesHurielDomératPrémilhatMontluçonDésertinesCourçais
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Courçais314—————
Huriel2,5366.3—A+—C
Domérat8,6228.3BAAC+
Prémilhat2,54011—A—C−
Montluçon33,14711CADC
Désertines4,25911BA−A−B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Courçais

Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Courçais is a commune of 314 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Huriel. 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
314 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays d'Huriel
Département
Allier (03)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
10.3 sq mi (26.8 km²)
INSEE code
03088

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.