FR Cette page existe en français : Veauce en français → Votre navigateur est réglé en français. Votre choix est retenu pour les prochaines pages. VeauceAllier A town of 40 in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Is Veauce a good place to live? Veauce is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
Veauce’s grade
Overall Not graded
Why Too small to grade
What makes Veauce stand out The 2 things Veauce does most differently from other towns.
Château de Veauce · Classé · Photo: Patrocle · CC BY-SA 3.0
Veauce’s story
Veauce in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Veauce counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
68% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1862 First protected: Église Sainte-Croix 1985 Most recently protected: Château de Veauce Explore the history →
The data Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Veauce.
Who lives here
Children make up only 12% of Veauce, fewer than in both Allier’s towns and compared French towns 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below Allier’s towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 29% of residents. Degrees are held by 18% of adults.
55.5 median age
Ages · share of residents Under 15 15–24 25–44 45–64 65+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education No diploma 26%
CAP or BEP 35%
Baccalauréat 21%
Higher education 18%
Women and men · all residents 54% women, 46% men
Men
About 86 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.
Ages and diplomas in Veauce Veauce Allier median France median Under 15 12% 14% 17% 15–24 7.3% 9.3% 11% 25–44 20% 19% 23% 45–64 32% 27% 26% 65+ 29% 30% 22% No diploma 26% 24% 19% CAP or BEP 35% 29% 26% Baccalauréat 21% 17% 18% Higher education 18% 22% 30%
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Veauce keeps more of its old housing than Allier’s towns or compared French towns: 68% built before 1919 France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Veauce is Château de Veauce. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century.
2 historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée Classé 2
Inscrit 0
11th c.
oldest protected part
1862
first monument protected
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Unemployment in Veauce, 26.3%, runs above Allier’s towns and compared French towns 7.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Allier’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
7% walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023 Driving 93%
On foot 7%
Public transport 0%
Bicycle 0%
Motorbike or scooter 0%
0
jobs based in Veauce, 0.6 per working resident
26.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
99.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points above the expected rate Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 2.4 mi off. General-bac pupils go 15.1 mi to the nearest lycée.
99.0% passed the brevet
Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km Veauce 99.0%
Median of towns 87.5%
99.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Veauce than in Allier’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.57/m² a month Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €6.69/m² a month.
€8.57/m² estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month Veauce €8.57/m²
Median of towns €12.41/m²
Allier median €9.45/m²
€8.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.53 to €11.24/m² a month)
€6.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearby attractions Château de Veauce and 6 more in and around Veauce Heritage and museums in and near Veauce. Best known first.
All attractions → Keep exploring
Everything we know about Veauce 13 pages on Veauce
Landmarks On the Culture ministry’s list, Veauce counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
All monuments → Photo credits Église Sainte-Croix: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Veauce: Photo: Patrocle · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Veauce Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Veauce yet.
How we find them →
How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Veauce Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Veauce is a commune of 40 people in the Communauté de communes Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. 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 40 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
Département Allier (03)
Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area 1.4 sq mi (3.5 km²)
INSEE code 03302 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.
