Bonny-sur-Loire’s best grade is for cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 1 job per working resident; 14.5% unemployment. Crime runs high: an average of 6.9 recorded violent incidents and 18.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bonny-sur-Loire 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 Bonny-sur-Loire 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 Bonny-sur-Loire.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Bonny-sur-Loire costs less than in Loiret’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.26/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,048/m², below Loiret’s towns (€1,877/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes Berry Loire Puisaye. A house rents for an estimated €7.03/m² a month.
€1,048/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bonny-sur-Loire€1,048/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loiret median€1,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,100/m²
75
€8.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.41 to €10.65/m² a month)
3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Berry Loire Puisaye
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Bonny-sur-Loire: 32% are 65 or over, above Loiret’s towns and compared French towns
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. 16% of adults hold a degree, below Loiret’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Residents of Bonny-sur-Loire have a median age of 51.4.
51.4median age
Bonny-sur-LoireLoiret medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Per resident, Bonny-sur-Loire sees more crime than 66% of compared French towns
In 2025, 41 offenses were recorded in Bonny-sur-Loire. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 41 offenses in the graded categories in the town in 2025.
6.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Family violence14
Burglary11
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence12
Fraud9
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.
6.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
41
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
14.1%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 14.1% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Old homes shape Bonny-sur-Loire: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Loiret’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Bonny-sur-Loire is Église Saint-Aignan. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Bonny-sur-Loire has higher unemployment than Loiret’s towns or compared French towns: 14.5%
At the census, 10.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Loiret’s towns (13.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Bonny-sur-Loire counts 1 jobs (650 jobs, 650 workers). After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,140 a year per consumption unit.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Bonny-sur-Loire, 1 per working resident
14.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,140
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Bonny-sur-Loire’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (94 places) counts its residents as Bonny-sur-Loire’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 425 residents of Bonny-sur-Loire died, against 362 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more. The nearest emergency department to Bonny-sur-Loire is Ch Cosne Cours Sur Loire, 11 mi away. In Loiret, women can expect to live 85.4 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Bonny-sur-Loire · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Cosne Cours Sur Loire
13 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centrehospitalier Pierre Dezarnaulds Gien
85.4 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loiret, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bonny-sur-Loire
Is Bonny-sur-Loire safe?
It grades C for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
Is Bonny-sur-Loire expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bonny-sur-Loire grades A+ for cost of living.
About Bonny-sur-Loire
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Bonny-sur-Loire is a commune of 1,870 people in the Communauté de communes Berry Loire Puisaye. 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.
