Néris-les-Bains’s strongest subject is schools: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Cost of living is a strength too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for jobs & income and B for walkability. Holiday and other second homes account for 28% of homes.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Néris-les-Bains 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.
Each subject compares Néris-les-Bains 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 Néris-les-Bains.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Néris-les-Bains: 40% are 65 or over, above Allier’s towns and compared French towns
The under-15s are just over a tenth of the population here. 6.2% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Allier’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 35% of adults.
59.5median age
Néris-les-BainsAllier medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 83 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Buying in Néris-les-Bains costs less than in both Allier’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €1,014/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Néris-les-Bains: €1,074/m² for houses, €761/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €10.37/m² a month, above Allier’s towns (€9.45/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 70% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€1,014/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Néris-les-Bains€1,014/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Allier median€1,320/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,074/m²
88
Apartments
€761/m²
38
€10.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.07 to €13.32/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.07/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Néris-les-Bains’ ages would predict, 83 per 100 expected, under Allier’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Allier, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 458 deaths in Néris-les-Bains between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 444: 3% above. The nearest emergency department to Néris-les-Bains is Centre hospitalier de Montlucon, 4.6 mi away.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Néris-les-Bains · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Montlucon
4.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Montlucon
84.8 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Allier, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Néris-les-Bains is rich in protected monuments: 34 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Allier’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when 13% of homes were built. Since 2009, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Néris-les-Bains: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Ancien camp romain des Chaudes.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Néris-les-Bains run higher than in both Allier’s towns and compared French towns: a median €27,410 a year per consumption unit
Per resident in work, Néris-les-Bains counts 0.9 jobs (750 jobs, 750 workers). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 8.0% of commuters at the census. Unemployment runs at 10.7%.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
750
jobs based in Néris-les-Bains, 0.9 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Néris-les-Bains
Is Néris-les-Bains safe?
Néris-les-Bains has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Néris-les-Bains good?
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Néris-les-Bains expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Néris-les-Bains grades A− for cost of living.
About Néris-les-Bains
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Néris-les-Bains is a commune of 2,368 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
Population
2,368 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté
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.
