Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is jobs & income (C): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 9.5% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools, B− for health and B for walkability. The median price paid is €1,101/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Guérigny has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Guérigny 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 Guérigny.
HousingCost of living A
Guérigny gets an A for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.16/m² a month, near Nièvre’s towns (€9.08/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.14/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 73 homes in Guérigny.
€1,101/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Guérigny€1,101/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nièvre median€1,116/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,105/m²
72
€9.16/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.28 to €11.52/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,060
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Les Bertranges
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
26% of residents have reached 65. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, higher than Nièvre’s towns (8.7%) and near compared French towns (11%). Also worth knowing: among adults, 21% have a degree.
48.2median age
GuérignyNièvre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Guérigny: 22% were built before 1919, more than in both Nièvre’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Guérigny: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Château de Villemenant. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Fewer commuters in Guérigny walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1%
Half of residents lived on more than €24,140 a year per consumption unit, about level with Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 9.5%. At the census, 3.9% of working residents in Guérigny didn’t travel to work at all.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
650
jobs based in Guérigny, 0.7 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,140
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Guérigny run higher than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Nièvre live to 84.1 on average and men to 76.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 356 deaths in Guérigny from 2016 to 2025; there were 402, 13% more. Its care home for older people (75 places) counts its residents as Guérigny’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Guérigny is Hopital Pierre Beregovoy, 8.3 mi away.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Guérigny · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Pierre Beregovoy
8.3 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Guérigny
Is Guérigny safe?
Guérigny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Guérigny good?
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #6 of 12 in Nièvre. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Guérigny expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Guérigny grades A for cost of living.
About Guérigny
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Guérigny is a commune of 2,505 people in the Communauté de communes Les Bertranges. 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.
