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Population 85: a town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Chougny isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 46% of its homes are second homes. Young adults aged 15 to 24 make up 16% of residents.
The 2 things Chougny does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chougny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Quincize, in Blismes, 2.8 mi away.
84% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chougny.
A quarter of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 6.2%, below both Nièvre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Chougny is 56.8 years old.
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Chougny | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 6.2% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 11% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 42% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
14.0% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Nièvre’s towns (14.2%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 18.9% of working residents in Chougny at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Chougny: 5 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Chougny. Best known first.
Nothing in Chougny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chougny yet.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chougny is a commune of 85 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) · 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 4, 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.