Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is another plus (B+): 77% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income — 2.2 jobs per working resident; 13.2% unemployment. The median home sells for €969/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Villefranche-d'Allier 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 Villefranche-d'Allier 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.
Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur: Photo: Tournasol7 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villefranche-d'Allier.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Villefranche-d'Allier than in Allier’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.01/m² a month
€969/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €6.19/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 42 homes were sold in Villefranche-d'Allier. That is the middle of 42 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,320/m² for the median of compared towns in Allier.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Villefranche-d'Allier€969/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Allier median€1,320/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€969/m²
42
€8.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.52 to €9.84/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Villefranche-d'Allier, 13.2%, runs above Allier’s towns and compared French towns
12%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €23,980 a year per consumption unit, near Allier’s towns (€23,590) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Villefranche-d'Allier didn’t travel to work at all. Walking, cycling and public transport carried just over one in ten commuters at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot9%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
1,050
jobs based in Villefranche-d'Allier, 2.2 per working resident
13.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 74% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Villefranche-d'Allier than in Allier’s towns or across compared French towns: 14% of adults
50median age
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to Allier’s towns (9.3%) and below compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 27% of residents are 65 or older. Children are 16% of the town.
Villefranche-d'AllierAllier medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Villefranche-d'Allier run higher than in 56% of compared French towns
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
119 deaths in Villefranche-d'Allier between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 132: 10% below. The nearest emergency department to Villefranche-d'Allier is Centre hospitalier de Montlucon, 12.2 mi away. Life expectancy in Allier: 84.8 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. This Allier town has one family doctor.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw90
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Villefranche-d'Allier · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Montlucon
12.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Montlucon
84.8 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Allier, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Villefranche-d'Allier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
4.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
All told, Villefranche-d'Allier had 19 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.3 (2023–2025 average). Jobs outnumber working residents in Villefranche-d'Allier (1,050 to 450): it draws people in from around. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage13
Other physical violence6
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Fraud19
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.
4.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
37.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary 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, 37.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Villefranche-d'Allier is a commune of 1,238 people in the Communauté de communes Commentry Montmarault Néris 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
Population
1,238 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté
Département
Allier (03)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
15.4 sq mi (39.9 km²)
INSEE code
03315
Villefranche-d'Allier’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
