Cervon is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 27% of its housing. The median price paid is €880/m². It skews older: just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Cervon stand out
The 3 things Cervon does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cervon.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Cervon than in Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 11% are under 15
21% of adults hold a degree, between Nièvre’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 35% of the town. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.4% of residents.
56.3median age
CervonNièvre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Cervon: 56% were built before 1919, more than in both Nièvre’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3 of the 5 are houses and mansions. Among the classé monuments in Cervon is Église Saint-Bathélémy. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 2.5% of commuters in Cervon go to work without a car, fewer than in both Nièvre’s towns and compared French towns
8.6% of the labour force are out of work. Cervon has 100 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income was €25,140 a year per consumption unit, higher than Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
2%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Cervon, 0.4 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,140
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Cervon is a commune of 588 people in the Communauté de communes Tannay-Brinon-Corbigny. 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.
