Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. It also trails on walkability (C): 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,278/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Villeneuve-sur-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 Villeneuve-sur-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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Only 3.8% of commuters in Villeneuve-sur-Allier go to work without a car, fewer than in Allier’s towns and across compared French towns
Unemployment runs at 8.6%. The median disposable income was €24,910 a year per consumption unit, above Allier’s towns (€23,590) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Villeneuve-sur-Allier, 0.2 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 30% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Villeneuve-sur-Allier’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Villeneuve-sur-Allier is Centre hospitalier de Moulins, 7.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 100 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 88, 12% fewer. Average lifespans in Allier: 84.8 years for women, 78.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There are 2 general practitioners in the town.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Villeneuve-sur-Allier · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Moulins
7.4 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Villeneuve-sur-Allier
Is Villeneuve-sur-Allier safe?
Villeneuve-sur-Allier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Villeneuve-sur-Allier expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Villeneuve-sur-Allier grades A for cost of living.
About Villeneuve-sur-Allier
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Villeneuve-sur-Allier is a commune of 1,024 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Moulins 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
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.
