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3,688 residents make their home in this town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. With an A overall, Coulanges-lès-Nevers is better than 91% of compared French towns and ranks #1 of 12 in Nièvre. Where it does best is safety: an average of 1.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cost of living is another plus — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. What holds it back is schools: bac results 1.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.2 points below the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Coulanges-lès-Nevers 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.
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The 2 things Coulanges-lès-Nevers does most differently from other towns.
Coulanges-lès-Nevers has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
Coulanges-lès-Nevers has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ermitage des Jésuites (ancien): Photo: Mamapig · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coulanges-lès-Nevers.
In 2025, 31 offenses were recorded in Coulanges-lès-Nevers. No compared town in Nièvre has less graded crime per resident than Coulanges-lès-Nevers: it ranks first of 12. The commonest graded crime locally was burglary (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 16.8% 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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.13/m² a month, near Nièvre’s towns (€9.08/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 85% of sales, apartments for the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 135 homes in Coulanges-lès-Nevers.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,495/m² | 115 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 29% of adults, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Nièvre’s towns (19%). Nearly a third of residents have reached 65. Ages in Coulanges-lès-Nevers split evenly at 51.8: half are older, half younger.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 86% of 216 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. For exam results, it comes #8 of 12 in Nièvre. The closest collège is 0.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Adam BillautNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 79%−7 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Jules RenardNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 229 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Victor HugoBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 69 | 88%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
6.7% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Nièvre’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,270 a year per consumption unit. For its 1,400 residents in work, Coulanges-lès-Nevers has 650 jobs: 0.5 each. 10.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Nièvre’s towns (15.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Nièvre is 84.1 years for women and 76.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 375 residents of Coulanges-lès-Nevers died, against 436 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Coulanges-lès-Nevers can choose among 2 GPs.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Coulanges-lès-Nevers. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la faïence et des beaux-arts2.9 km southwest, in Nevers
MuseumMusée archéologique du Nivernais2.9 km southwest, in NeversAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte de Nevers2.7 km southwest, in NeversAttractionAttractionPalais ducal de Nevers2.5 km southwest, in NeversAbbeyAbbeyCarmel de Nevers3.5 km southwest, in NeversPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Coulanges-lès-Nevers yet.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Coulanges-lès-Nevers is a commune of 3,688 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers | 3,688 | — | A | A− | A+ | B |
| Varennes-Vauzelles | 9,146 | 1.4 | B+ | B+ | B− | A− |
| Nevers | 33,085 | 1.5 | C | A− | D | C+ |
| Marzy | 3,623 | 4.2 | A− | B | A | B− |
| Fourchambault | 3,992 | 4.2 | B− | A | C+ | D |
| Garchizy | 3,648 | 4.3 | B+ | A | A | D |
| Guérigny | 2,505 | 5.7 | — | A | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 12 in Nièvre. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #8 of 12 in Nièvre. 97% of 229 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Jules Renard in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Coulanges-lès-Nevers grades A− 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 8, 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.