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1,774 people call this town in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home.
Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat’s strongest is jobs & income (B+) — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 3.2 points below the expected rate. Walkability is weaker too — 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,644/m² costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Vichy Communauté.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat 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 Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat 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.
Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat does most differently from other towns.
Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1977.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Chambon: Photo: Daftintin76 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
83.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat, near Allier’s towns (84.2%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). For collège, the closest is 2.8 mi away. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 4.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean de la FontaineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 74 | 86%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 7.1%, lower than both Allier’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 3.3% of working residents in Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
128 deaths in Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 138: 7% below. At birth, a girl in Allier can expect 84.8 years and a boy 78.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat is Ch Jacques Lacarin Vichy, 4.9 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.05/m² a month, above Allier’s towns (€9.45/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €10.27/m² a month. The market in Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat: 56 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,644/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century. Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
22% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Allier’s towns (30%). The share of residents under 15 is 17%. Graduates make up a quarter of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat | Allier median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat yet.
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat is a commune of 1,774 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Vichy 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat | 1,774 | — | — | B | — | C+ |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés | 3,579 | 2.4 | B+ | A | A− | C |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux | 3,205 | 2.9 | A | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Vichy | 25,115 | 4.4 | C− | B | D | B− |
| Cusset | 13,316 | 4.7 | C+ | B+ | B− | C |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier | 8,943 | 5 | C | C+ | C+ | B |
| Abrest | 2,915 | 6.8 | B+ | A− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat grades B for cost of living.
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 9, 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.