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1,280 people call this town in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools do well: bac results 3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Its weakest subject is walkability — 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Durdat-Larequille 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 Durdat-Larequille does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Durdat-Larequille 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.
Durdat-Larequille has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Durdat-Larequille as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Georges, in Néris-les-Bains, 2.9 mi away.
22% 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 Durdat-Larequille.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. The middle sale price: €1,047/m², lower than both Allier’s towns (€1,320/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.07/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,047/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €26,580 a year per consumption unit, above Allier’s towns (€23,590) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. For its 600 residents in work, Durdat-Larequille has 150 jobs: 0.2 each. Unemployment runs at 8.0%.
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.
After the care-home adjustment, Durdat-Larequille’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above both Allier’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 99 residents of Durdat-Larequille died, against 103 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Durdat-Larequille is Centre hospitalier de Montlucon, 7.5 mi away. In Allier, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Durdat-Larequille, 86.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Allier’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.2 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François RabelaisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 52 | 94%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Geneviève VincentNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 28 | 93% |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 21% of the population. 32% of adults hold a degree, above both Allier’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Typical age in Durdat-Larequille: 44.9, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Durdat-Larequille | Allier median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.3 violent offenses and 2.7 graded property crimes a year. Of the graded crimes in Durdat-Larequille, armed robbery came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Durdat-Larequille. Best known first.
Nothing in Durdat-Larequille is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Durdat-Larequille.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durdat-Larequille | 1,280 | — | — | A+ | — | C |
| Commentry | 6,017 | 2.8 | B+ | A | B | D |
| Montluçon | 33,147 | 7.6 | C | A | D | C |
| Désertines | 4,259 | 7.9 | B | A− | A− | B− |
| Prémilhat | 2,540 | 8.4 | — | A | — | C− |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme | 3,480 | 9 | B+ | A+ | C | B |
| Domérat | 8,622 | 10 | B | A | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Durdat-Larequille has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns. 93% of 28 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Geneviève Vincent in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Durdat-Larequille grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Durdat-Larequille is a commune of 1,280 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.