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1,119 people call this town in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Cost of living is its strong suit (A) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C+): 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Estivareilles 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 one thing Estivareilles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Estivareilles 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.
Estivareilles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Estivareilles counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Estivareilles.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.31/m² a month, close to Allier’s towns (€9.45/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €7.26/m² a month. Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,156/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 27% of the population. Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, below both Allier’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Estivareilles is 48.7 years old.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Estivareilles | Allier median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Estivareilles. Life expectancy in Allier: 84.8 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 122 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 113, 8% fewer.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.5% of commuters at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,800 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Allier’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Estivareilles is La Lanterne des Morts. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and museums in and near Estivareilles. Best known first.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Estivareilles counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
La Lanterne des Morts: Photo: Mésangy · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Estivareilles yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estivareilles | 1,119 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Désertines | 4,259 | 4.9 | B | A− | A− | B− |
| Domérat | 8,622 | 5.7 | B | A | A | C+ |
| Montluçon | 33,147 | 6 | C | A | D | C |
| Huriel | 2,536 | 7.2 | — | A+ | — | C |
| Prémilhat | 2,540 | 7.7 | — | A | — | C− |
| Commentry | 6,017 | 11 | B+ | A | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Estivareilles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Estivareilles grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Estivareilles is a commune of 1,119 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de Cher. 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 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.
