Housing is within reach (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is another plus: 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B− for jobs & income. The median sale price is €824/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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Évaux-les-Bains 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 Évaux-les-Bains 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
Who lives here
Évaux-les-Bains skews older, with 39% of residents 65 or over, more than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns
11% of residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.3% of residents, below both Creuse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by a fifth of adults.
59.2median age
Évaux-les-BainsCreuse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Évaux-les-Bains, 8.6%, runs below Creuse’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €22,940 a year per consumption unit, about level with Creuse’s towns (€22,570) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 9.5% of working residents in Évaux-les-Bains at the census.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
On foot17%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
800
jobs based in Évaux-les-Bains, 1.7 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Évaux-les-Bains sees fewer deaths than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
287 deaths in Évaux-les-Bains between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 259: 11% above. The nearest emergency department to Évaux-les-Bains is Centre hospitalier de Montlucon, 13.1 mi away. The town has 3 family doctors. Life expectancy in Creuse: 84.6 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Évaux-les-Bains · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Montlucon
13.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Montlucon
84.6 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Creuse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Évaux-les-Bains is rich in protected monuments: 39 per 10,000 residents, more than Creuse’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for just over a third of the housing. Among the classé monuments in Évaux-les-Bains is Restes des thermes. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments here: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Its heritage reaches back to the 1st century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Évaux-les-Bains
Is Évaux-les-Bains safe?
Évaux-les-Bains 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 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 800 jobs for 450 working residents, Évaux-les-Bains draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Is Évaux-les-Bains expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Évaux-les-Bains grades A+ for cost of living.
About Évaux-les-Bains
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Évaux-les-Bains is a commune of 1,277 people in the Creuse Confluence. 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.
