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A town of 1,525 in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Montmarault has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 2.3 jobs per working resident; 19.3% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.2 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.
The 3 things Montmarault does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montmarault 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Montmarault as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Marcel, in Saint-Marcel-en-Murat, 2.6 mi away.
21% 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 Montmarault.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.85/m² a month, below both Allier’s towns (€9.45/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. House rents are put at about €6.43/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €768/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €20,830 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Allier’s towns (€23,590) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
15% are under 15, above Allier’s towns (14%) but below compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a third of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.4% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Montmarault | Allier median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
With 950 jobs for 450 working residents, Montmarault draws people in from neighbouring communes. Violence against people ran at 14.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.7 (2023–2025 average). 44 offenses were reported in Montmarault during 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 burglary 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 (11.2% of the index here). That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (89 places) counts its residents as Montmarault’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. There are 4 general practitioners in the town. In Allier, women can expect to live 84.8 years and men 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 358 residents of Montmarault died, against 309 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Heritage in and near Montmarault. Best known first.
Nothing in Montmarault is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
11 notable people were born in Montmarault.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmarault | 1,525 | — | — | A | C− | B− |
| Commentry | 6,017 | 10 | B+ | A | B | D |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme | 3,480 | 12 | B+ | A+ | C | B |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule | 4,884 | 16 | C+ | A | D | B− |
| Désertines | 4,259 | 16 | B | A− | A− | B− |
| Montluçon | 33,147 | 17 | C | A | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montmarault grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Montmarault is a commune of 1,525 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 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.