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The town, home to 3,648 people, lies in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Crime is low: an average of 3.8 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. Garchizy’s overall grade of B+ puts it better than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, #4 of 12 in Nièvre. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
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 Garchizy 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 one thing Garchizy does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Garchizy counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Garchizy has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Garchizy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
332 deaths in Garchizy between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 295: 13% above. In Nièvre, women can expect to live 84.1 years and men 76.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 6 GPs practise locally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
All told, Garchizy had 43 recorded offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here 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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 11.0% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.46/m² a month, near Nièvre’s towns (€9.08/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 88% of what sold. A house rents for an estimated €8.41/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,228/m² | 102 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €24,150 a year per consumption unit, near Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Garchizy number 1,100, against 1,500 residents in work (0.7 per worker). At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Garchizy went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #2 of 12 in Nièvre. The nearest general lycée is 3.8 mi away. Collège pupils travel 1.8 mi to the nearest one.
| 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Garchizy counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
18% of adults hold a degree, close to Nièvre’s towns (19%) and below compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 23% of residents. Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Garchizy | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
One notable person was born in Garchizy.
Manuel Sanchez: Serge Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Garchizy is a commune of 3,648 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garchizy | 3,648 | — | B+ | A | A | D |
| Fourchambault | 3,992 | 1.3 | B− | A | C+ | D |
| Varennes-Vauzelles | 9,146 | 2.9 | B+ | B+ | B− | A− |
| Marzy | 3,623 | 3.4 | A− | B | A | B− |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers | 3,688 | 4.3 | A | A− | A+ | B |
| Nevers | 33,085 | 4.3 | C | A− | D | C+ |
| Guérigny | 2,505 | 6.1 | — | A | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #4 of 12 in Nièvre. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 16 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 Garchizy 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 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.
