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A town of 2,540 in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Prémilhat has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 3.3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8.2 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 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 Prémilhat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Prémilhat 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.
Prémilhat has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Prémilhat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison Alexandre, in Montluçon, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Prémilhat. Best known first.
MuseumMuPop4.4 km northeast, in MontluçonChâteauChâteauLe Masin townChâteauChâteauChâteau des ducs de Bourbon à Montluçon4.2 km northeast, in MontluçonChâteauChâteauChâteau des Étourneaux3.4 km northeast, in MontluçonChâteauChâteauHôpital de la Charité2.8 km east, in Lavault-Sainte-AnnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Prémilhat.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,322/m²: 65 houses and apartments sold in Prémilhat between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.26/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,322/m² | 65 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 80% of 215 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. At the lycées within 5 km of Prémilhat, 90.3% passed the bac, about level with Allier’s towns (90.8%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Jacques SoulierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 74%−11 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Paul ConstansNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 256 | 93%−3 pts |
| 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
4.9% 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%). Jobs located in Prémilhat: 800, for 900 residents in work (0.9 each). Households’ median disposable income: €27,590 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 27% of adults. 31% of residents are 65 or over, above both Allier’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 12% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Prémilhat | Allier median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 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.
Prémilhat has one family doctor. Adjusted for age and care homes, Prémilhat records 99 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Allier’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 315 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 311, 1% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Allier is 84.8 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Police and gendarmerie figures for Prémilhat show 26 offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 1.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 9.1. 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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 25.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Prémilhat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Prémilhat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prémilhat | 2,540 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Montluçon | 33,147 | 2.3 | C | A | D | C |
| Domérat | 8,622 | 2.6 | B | A | A | C+ |
| Désertines | 4,259 | 3.9 | B | A− | A− | B− |
| Huriel | 2,536 | 4.7 | — | A+ | — | C |
| Commentry | 6,017 | 9.3 | B+ | A | B | D |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme | 3,480 | 17 | B+ | A+ | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Prémilhat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #15 of 21 in Allier. 93% of 256 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Paul Constans in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,322/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Prémilhat grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Prémilhat is a commune of 2,540 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 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.