Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Holiday and other second homes account for 18% of homes.
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. Donzy 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 Donzy 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 Donzy.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Donzy costs less than in Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.31/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,000/m², comes from 63 sales of houses and apartments in Donzy from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €6.92/m² a month. Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,000/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Donzy€1,000/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nièvre median€1,116/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€993/m²
62
€7.31/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.87 to €9.10/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur de Loire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Donzy skews older, with 39% of residents 65 or over, more than Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 12%, below both Nièvre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.4% of the town. Graduates make up 16% of adults.
57.5median age
DonzyNièvre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Donzy run below what its ages would predict: 71 per 100 expected, fewer than Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
320 deaths in Donzy between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 307: 4% above. The nearest emergency department to Donzy is Ch Cosne Cours Sur Loire, 9.2 mi away. Average lifespans in Nièvre: 84.1 years for women, 76.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Donzy · 1.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Cosne Cours Sur Loire
27.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Pierre Beregovoy
84.1 · 76.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nièvre, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Donzy is rich in protected monuments: 39 per 10,000 residents, more than Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for just over a third of the housing. Since 2006, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. On the Culture ministry’s list, Donzy counts 6 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 4 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Notre-Dame du Pré (ruines).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Incomes in Donzy are lower than in 87% of French communes of 1,000+
12.5% of people in the labour force have no job. Half of residents lived on more than €23,230 a year per consumption unit, close to Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.2% of working residents in Donzy went to work by public transport.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot9%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
600
jobs based in Donzy, 1.2 per working resident
12.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 57% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Donzy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Of the graded crimes in Donzy, criminal damage came up most often (2025). 24 offenses were reported in Donzy during 2025. Violence against people ran at 4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.7 (2023–2025 average).
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Family violence8
Armed robbery0
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.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
28.1%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (28.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Épeau and 4 more in and around Donzy
Heritage and museums in and near Donzy. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Donzy
Is Donzy safe?
Donzy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Donzy expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,000/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Donzy grades A+ for cost of living.
About Donzy
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Donzy is a commune of 1,525 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Loire. 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.
