Mur-sur-Allier’s best grade is for jobs & income — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 4.0% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,917/m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Billom Communauté. School results trail most towns: bac results 1.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.3 points below the expected rate. Most journeys need a car (C+): just over nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Mur-sur-Allier has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Mur-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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mur-sur-Allier.
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Mur-sur-Allier than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 85.8%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 79% of 97 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. The closest collège is 2.3 mi off. Also worth knowing: at the lycées within 5 km of Mur-sur-Allier, 93.9% passed the bac, higher than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (92.5%) and near compared French towns (92.9%).
97%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Mur-sur-Allier has lower unemployment than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 4.0%
Half of residents lived on more than €30,140 a year per consumption unit, above Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (€27,050) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 3.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Mur-sur-Allier, 0.2 per working resident
4.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,140
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Mur-sur-Allier keeps more of its old housing than Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Mur-sur-Allier; none is classé, France’s top protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
More people in Mur-sur-Allier hold a degree than in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns or compared French towns: 41%
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below Puy-de-Dôme’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%. The median resident of Mur-sur-Allier is 46.1 years old.
46.1median age
Mur-sur-AllierPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education41%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Puy-de-Dôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B
For cost of living, Mur-sur-Allier gets a B
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,917/m²: 111 houses and apartments sold in Mur-sur-Allier between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.94/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 111 homes were sold locally.
€1,917/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mur-sur-Allier€1,917/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Puy-de-Dôme median€2,181/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,917/m²
111
€12.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.67 to €15.28/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,180
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Billom Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Mur-sur-Allier sees 89 deaths per 100 expected, against 83 in Puy-de-Dôme’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Mur-sur-Allier. The nearest emergency department to Mur-sur-Allier is Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand, 6.5 mi away. 218 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 244: 11% below. Life expectancy in Puy-de-Dôme: 85.6 years for women and 79.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Mur-sur-Allier · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand
6.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Estaing Chu Clermont Ferrand
85.6 · 79.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Puy-de-Dôme, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Mur-sur-Allier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Graded property crimes ran at 9.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 1.5 (2023–2025 average). The police record for Mur-sur-Allier lists 30 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, burglary came up most often (2025).
1.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary15
Criminal damage15
Armed robbery0
Fraud23
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.
1.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
30
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
26.0%
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, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 26.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Oppidum du Puy du Mur (également sur communes de Vertaizon et Mezel): Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oppidum du Puy du Mur: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Mur-sur-Allier
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Mur-sur-Allier as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mur-sur-Allier
Is Mur-sur-Allier safe?
Mur-sur-Allier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mur-sur-Allier good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns and #33 of 41 in Puy-de-Dôme. 97% of 465 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique René Descartes in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mur-sur-Allier expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,917/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.15/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mur-sur-Allier grades B for cost of living.
About Mur-sur-Allier
Commune in Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mur-sur-Allier is a commune of 3,111 people in the Communauté de communes Billom 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.
