Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 3,992 people live in this town, in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Fourchambault’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car: 92% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 18.7% unemployment. Overall, that makes a B−, good for #8 of 12 in Nièvre. It comes out better than 50% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Fourchambault does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fourchambault 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Fourchambault as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-André, in Marzy, 2.7 mi away.
14% 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 Fourchambault.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 7 general practitioners in Fourchambault. In Nièvre, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.1 years for women and 76.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 674 residents of Fourchambault died, against 523 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Fourchambault goes for €1,114/m², an apartment for €1,074/m². The estimated advertised rent is €8.90/m² a month, about level with Nièvre’s towns (€9.08/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.26/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,114/m² | 77 |
| Apartments | €1,074/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Households’ median disposable income: €21,320 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took 4.7% of Fourchambault’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
27% of residents are 65 or over, below Nièvre’s towns (32%) but above compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15. Half of Fourchambault is older than 49.3, half younger.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Fourchambault | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 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.
Its collèges and lycées rank #2 of 12 in Nièvre on results. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 93%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Pierre Bérégovoy, sites Fourchambault et NeversNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 85 | 86%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 16.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8.7 (2023–2025 average). Fourchambault’s tally for 2025: 85 recorded offenses. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 3.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Fourchambault is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Fourchambault.
Miguel Martinez: Marcigny71, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Liane Degaby: Jean Reutlinger, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourchambault | 3,992 | — | B− | A | C+ | D |
| Garchizy | 3,648 | 1.3 | B+ | A | A | D |
| Marzy | 3,623 | 2.1 | A− | B | A | B− |
| Varennes-Vauzelles | 9,146 | 2.9 | B+ | B+ | B− | A− |
| Nevers | 33,085 | 3.8 | C | A− | D | C+ |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers | 3,688 | 4.2 | A | A− | A+ | B |
| Guérigny | 2,505 | 7.2 | — | A | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #8 of 12 in Nièvre. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 65% of compared French towns and #2 of 12 in Nièvre. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fourchambault grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Fourchambault is a commune of 3,992 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
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 October 30, 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.