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A town in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, home to 1,139 people. Over-65s are 34% of the population.
Housing is within reach (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are its weak spot: bac results 3.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 7.6 points below the expected rate. Most journeys need a car (D): 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% 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) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Lavault-Sainte-Anne 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 Lavault-Sainte-Anne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lavault-Sainte-Anne 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.
Lavault-Sainte-Anne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Lavault-Sainte-Anne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1973.
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Lavault-Sainte-Anne. Best known first.
MuseumMuPop2.9 km north, in MontluçonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bisseretin townChâteauChâteauChâteau des ducs de Bourbon à Montluçon2.8 km north, in MontluçonChâteauChâteauChâteau des Étourneaux3.9 km northwest, in MontluçonChâteauChâteauChâteau des Modières2.2 km southeast, in VillebretPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lavault-Sainte-Anne.
Jobs based in Lavault-Sainte-Anne number 200, against 400 residents in work (0.5 per worker). 5.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Allier’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €25,450 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Lavault-Sainte-Anne is 89.0%, below both Allier’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 78% of 274 candidates passed the bac pro. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Jacques SoulierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 74%−11 pts |
| Lycée général Madame de StaëlNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 273 | 96%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 56 | 96%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.31/m² a month, near Allier’s towns (€9.45/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 88% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.26/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,197/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a third of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 16%, above Allier’s towns (14%) but below compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 23% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Lavault-Sainte-Anne | Allier median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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.
Women in Allier live to 84.8 on average and men to 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 224 deaths in Lavault-Sainte-Anne from 2016 to 2025; there were 235, 5% more. The nearest emergency department to Lavault-Sainte-Anne is Centre hospitalier de Montlucon, 2 mi away.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 5.2%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In 2025, 9 offenses were recorded in Lavault-Sainte-Anne. Violence against people ran at 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 6.3 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: more of the graded crimes here were burglary than anything else (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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, theft from vehicles and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (73.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Lavault-Sainte-Anne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Église Sainte-Anne: Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lavault-Sainte-Anne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavault-Sainte-Anne | 1,139 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Montluçon | 33,147 | 1.7 | C | A | D | C |
| Prémilhat | 2,540 | 2.3 | — | A | — | C− |
| Désertines | 4,259 | 3 | B | A− | A− | B− |
| Domérat | 8,622 | 4.2 | B | A | A | C+ |
| Huriel | 2,536 | 6.8 | — | A+ | — | C |
| Commentry | 6,017 | 6.9 | B+ | A | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lavault-Sainte-Anne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns. 96% of 273 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Madame de Staël in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lavault-Sainte-Anne grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lavault-Sainte-Anne is a commune of 1,139 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Montluçon 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.
