Saint-Menoux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 30% of 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Menoux 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Saint-Menoux’s ages would predict, 109 per 100 expected, above Allier’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Menoux is Centre hospitalier de Moulins, 8.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 89 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 97, 9% more. Women in Allier live to 84.8 on average and men to 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Menoux · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Moulins
8.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Moulins
84.8 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Allier, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer commuters in Saint-Menoux walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1%
Half of residents lived on more than €23,720 a year per consumption unit, about level with Allier’s towns (€23,590) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 6.3% of working residents in Saint-Menoux at the census. Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Saint-Menoux, 0.4 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,720
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 38% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Menoux keeps more of its old housing than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 37% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Menoux is Église Saint-Menoux. Houses and mansions, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Saint-Menoux are under 15, more than in Allier’s towns and across compared French towns
Among adults, 31% have a degree. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, lower than Allier’s towns (30%) and near compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Saint-Menoux: 43.5, the median.
43.5median age
Saint-MenouxAllier medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Château de Clusors: Photo: Pierre Lapointe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Souys: Photo: Auteur inconnu Unknown author · Public domain · Maison des Vertus cardinales: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0 · Église Saint-Menoux: Photo: Clément Bucco-Lechat · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Menoux
Is Saint-Menoux safe?
Saint-Menoux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Saint-Menoux
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Menoux is a commune of 1,116 people in the Communauté de communes du Bocage Bourbonnais. 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
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.
