Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Deux-Chaises.
Who lives here
An older town: 30% of residents are 65 or over
9.5% of residents are 15 to 24 and 30% are 65 or over, against 9.3% and 30% in the median compared commune of Allier. 23% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Allier 22%, France 30%).
52.9median age
Deux-ChaisesAllier medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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
History
Deux-Chaises keeps more of its old housing than Allier or compared French towns: 43% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Deux-Chaises, that is above both Allier’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Deux-Chaises: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Deux-Chaises is Église Saint-Denis.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 3.9% of commuters in Deux-Chaises go to work without a car, fewer than in Allier’s towns and compared French towns
Deux-Chaises sits below both Allier’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Deux-Chaises has 100 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.6 per worker. The median disposable income is €22,860 a year per consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
100
jobs based in Deux-Chaises, 0.6 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Deux-Chaises
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Deux-Chaises is a commune of 377 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.