Ébreuil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Ébreuil 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ébreuil.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ébreuil than in Allier’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.57/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,208/m², below Allier’s towns (€1,320/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. From July 2023 to June 2026, 43 homes were sold in Ébreuil. Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,208/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ébreuil€1,208/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Allier median€1,320/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,303/m²
42
€7.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.77 to €9.92/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Ébreuil loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 67 per 100 expected, below Allier’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Allier: 84.8 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 299 residents of Ébreuil died, against 233 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% more. The nearest emergency department to Ébreuil is Centre hospitalier de Riom, 15.9 mi away. 4 GPs practise in the town.
−33%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw128
Adjusted67
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Ébreuil · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Riom
16.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Jacques Lacarin Vichy
84.8 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Allier, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ébreuil has fewer young adults than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9% are 15 to 24
13% are under 15, about level with Allier’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 32% of the population. Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults.
52.4median age
ÉbreuilAllier medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Fewer people in Ébreuil are out of work than in Allier’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.5%
Ébreuil has 550 jobs for 450 working residents, 1.1 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,550 a year. No commute at all: 5.6% of working residents in the town at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot9%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
550
jobs based in Ébreuil, 1.1 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 75% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Ébreuil keeps more of its old housing than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Ébreuil has 46 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Allier’s towns (4.9) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments locally is Église Saint-Léger. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Ébreuil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
For 2025, the figures show 15 offenses in Ébreuil. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7 violent offenses and 9.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Sexual violence topped the graded crimes in Ébreuil (2025).
7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Sexual violence9
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
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.
7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
33.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (33.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Abbaye Saint-Léger d'Ébreuil and 5 more in and around Ébreuil
Église Saint-Léger: Photo: Vinckie · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château du Chatelard: Photo: Hadrianus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison à échauguette: Photo: Patrocle · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palais abbatial: Photo: Harrie Gielen · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ébreuil
Is Ébreuil safe?
Ébreuil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Ébreuil expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ébreuil grades A+ for cost of living.
About Ébreuil
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ébreuil is a commune of 1,306 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. 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
1,306 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
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.
