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This town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 1,653.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 1.4 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment. The median price paid is €918/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Cercy-la-Tour 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.
The 3 things Cercy-la-Tour does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cercy-la-Tour 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.
Cercy-la-Tour has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cercy-la-Tour, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cercy-la-Tour.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €6.93/m² a month. Houses were 91% of what sold. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 85 homes in Cercy-la-Tour.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €960/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
38% of residents are 65 or over, above both Nièvre’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7% of residents. Degrees are held by 14% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Cercy-la-Tour | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Cercy-la-Tour. The nearest emergency department to Cercy-la-Tour is Ch Decize, 9.6 mi away. 428 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 310: 38% above. Average lifespans in Nièvre: 84.1 years for women, 76.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cercy-la-Tour, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Households’ median disposable income: €22,400 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 12.9%, between Nièvre’s towns (14.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 3.2% of working residents in Cercy-la-Tour to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Cercy-la-Tour has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Cercylatour · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cercy-la-Tour yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cercy-la-Tour | 1,653 | — | — | A+ | — | D |
| La Machine | 3,192 | 9.1 | A− | A+ | A | C− |
| Decize | 4,932 | 9.2 | B− | A | C+ | C+ |
| Bourbon-Lancy Saône-et-Loire | 4,674 | 17 | A+ | A+ | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cercy-la-Tour has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cercy-la-Tour grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Cercy-la-Tour is a commune of 1,653 people in the Communauté de communes Bazois Loire Morvan. 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
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.