Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,182 in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Imphy grades C+ overall: better than 41% of compared French towns, and #10 of 12 in Nièvre. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Imphy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Imphy 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Imphy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Jaugenay (ancienne), in Chevenon, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Imphy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 484 deaths in Imphy from 2016 to 2025; there were 652, 35% more. The nearest emergency department to Imphy is Hopital Pierre Beregovoy, 7.7 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners here. 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.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.84/m² a month, near Nièvre’s towns (€9.08/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 79% were houses. Imphy recorded 111 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €913/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #12 of 12 in Nièvre. The nearest general lycée is 6.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis AragonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 52 | 85%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, near Nièvre’s towns (32%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.7% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Imphy | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Imphy has 2,100 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 2 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,830 a year. Unemployment stood at 13.7%, close to Nièvre’s towns (14.2%) and above compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 54 offenses in Imphy. Graded property crimes ran at 12.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.7 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime here 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 · Small counts of 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, 8.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Imphy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Imphy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imphy | 3,182 | — | C+ | A | B | D |
| Nevers | 33,085 | 6.8 | C | A− | D | C+ |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers | 3,688 | 7.1 | A | A− | A+ | B |
| Varennes-Vauzelles | 9,146 | 8.4 | B+ | B+ | B− | A− |
| Marzy | 3,623 | 9.3 | A− | B | A | B− |
| La Machine | 3,192 | 9.6 | A− | A+ | A | C− |
| Fourchambault | 3,992 | 11 | B− | A | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #5 of 12 in Nièvre. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Imphy grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Imphy is a commune of 3,182 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Nivernais. 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.