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CréchyAllier

A town of 428 in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Créchy a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Créchy

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

The nearest classé monument is Ancien château de Gayette, in Montoldre, 3.8 mi away.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Le Sauvage and 9 more in and around Créchy

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Créchy. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Créchy.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Créchy hold a degree than in Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 14%

Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 13%, lower than both Allier’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of the population.

49.1median age
CréchyAllier medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP42%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education14%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Créchy
CréchyAllier medianFrance median
Under 1513%14%17%
15–2411%9.3%11%
25–4421%19%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+26%30%22%
No diploma19%24%19%
CAP or BEP42%29%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education14%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Créchy than in Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 7.8%

100 jobs are based in Créchy, for 200 working residents (0.6 per worker). The median disposable income was €24,980 a year per consumption unit, higher than Allier’s towns (€23,590) and near compared French towns (€25,970). 10.3% of people in the labour force have no job.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
100
jobs based in Créchy, 0.6 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Créchy is €8.92/m² a month

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

The market in Créchy: 8 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€8.92/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Créchy€8.92/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Allier median€9.45/m²
€8.92/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.16 to €11.11/m² a month)
€7.69/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 Créchy

12pages on Créchy

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Créchy

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

How we find them →

Créchy’s 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 →
Varennes-sur-AllierSaint-Germain-des-FossésSaint-Pourçain-sur-SiouleCreuzier-le-VieuxCussetVichyVarennes-sur-AllierSaint-Germain-des-FossésSaint-Pourçain-sur-SiouleCreuzier-le-VieuxCussetVichyCréchy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Créchy428—————
Varennes-sur-Allier3,5493.8C−ACD
Saint-Germain-des-Fossés3,5794.2B+AA−C
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule4,8847.1C+ADB−
Creuzier-le-Vieux3,2057.3AB−A+B+
Cusset13,3169C+B+B−C
Vichy25,1159.4C−BDB−

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

About Créchy

Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Créchy is a commune of 428 people in the Communauté de communes Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. 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
428 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire
Département
Allier (03)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
4.6 sq mi (11.9 km²)
INSEE code
03091

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.