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A town of 1,165 in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Vaux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 1% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% 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.
The one thing Vaux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vaux 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 Vaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is La Lanterne des Morts, in Estivareilles, 1.4 mi away.
12% 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 Vaux.
Vaux has 100 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.2 per worker. At the census, 1.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Allier’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 7.8% are unemployed.
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Vaux have one GP on hand. Average lifespans in Allier: 84.8 years for women, 78.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 93 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 69: 35% above.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 21 homes were sold in Vaux.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 21% of residents are 65 or older. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.1%, lower than both Allier’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Ages in Vaux split evenly at 42.3: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Vaux | Allier median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Vaux 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 Vaux yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Vaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vaux is a commune of 1,165 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de Cher. 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) · 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.