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In Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 1,031 residents.
Households here earn well (A+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.0% unemployment. At the median price of €2,680/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saulon-la-Chapelle 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 Saulon-la-Chapelle 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.
Saulon-la-Chapelle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saulon-la-Chapelle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont-aqueduc des Arvaux sur la Varaude, in Noiron-sous-Gevrey, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saulon-la-Chapelle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saulon-la-Chapelle.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saulon-la-Chapelle is Hopital le Bocage Chru Dijon, 7.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 86 residents of Saulon-la-Chapelle died, against 106 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Côte-d'Or is 86.1 years for women and 80.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises here.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Degrees are held by 27% of adults, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 16% of the population. Line up the people of Saulon-la-Chapelle by age and the one in the middle is 47.1.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saulon-la-Chapelle | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
33 sales of houses and apartments in Saulon-la-Chapelle, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,680/m². Houses made up 91% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 33 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,695/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,340 a year. 5.0% of the labour force were unemployed, below Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saulon-la-Chapelle. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saulon-la-Chapelle yet.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saulon-la-Chapelle is a commune of 1,031 people in the Communauté de communes de Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulon-la-Chapelle | 1,031 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Neuilly-Crimolois | 3,588 | 4.4 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
| Gevrey-Chambertin | 2,917 | 4.9 | B− | C+ | C+ | C |
| Longvic | 8,896 | 5.3 | C+ | C | C+ | C |
| Marsannay-la-Côte | 5,433 | 6 | B+ | C− | B− | A |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur | 11,108 | 6 | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Genlis | 5,093 | 6.6 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saulon-la-Chapelle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,680/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 Saulon-la-Chapelle grades B− for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 9, 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.