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JaillyNièvre

A town of 67 in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Population
67
INSEE, census 2023 · commune
Rent
€8.13
per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²
Walk, cycle, transit
0%
of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Jailly a good place to live?

Jailly is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Jailly stand out

The 2 things Jailly does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
22%2%JaillyMedianSecond homes, share of all homes
Homes
22% are second homes
of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023.
36%22%JaillyMedianResidents 65 and over
Who lives here
36% are 65 or over
of residents, against 22% in the median compared French town
Median age 61.7. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Église Saint-Sylvestre
Église Saint-Sylvestre · Classé · Photo: Alexis Burnier · CC0
Jailly’s story

Jailly in pictures

Jailly has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.

60% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1840First protected: Église Saint-Sylvestre
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Jailly.

Who lives here

Jailly has fewer young adults than Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 3% are 15 to 24

Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. 36% of residents are 65 or over, above Nièvre’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The under-15s are 12% of the population here.

61.7median age
JaillyNièvre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 89 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.

Ages and diplomas in Jailly
JaillyNièvre medianFrance median
Under 1512%14%17%
15–243%8.7%11%
25–4415%19%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+36%32%22%
No diploma20%28%19%
CAP or BEP30%31%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education23%19%30%
Full pageJailly’s Who lives here pageOpen the page
Ages61.7 median age · 36% are 65 or overHouseholds40 households · 1.9 people per householdBorn abroad4.5% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birthQuestions“What is the population of Jailly?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Jailly: 60% were built before 1919, more than in Nièvre’s towns and across compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Jailly is Église Saint-Sylvestre. The protected list starts in the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1840
first monument protected
Full pageJailly’s history pageOpen the page
Age of homes60% built before 1919 · Older homesMap1 historic monumentClassé1 classé · France’s highest protectionQuestions“How many historic monuments are there in Jailly?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Jailly, 4.0%, runs below Nièvre’s towns and compared French towns

No commute at all: 8.0% of working residents in Jailly at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Jailly, 0.1 per working resident
4.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Full pageJailly’s work & commute pageOpen the page
Jobs based here0.1 per working residentGetting to work0% walk, cycle or take transit

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Jailly than in Nièvre’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.13/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €6.26/m² a month. 4 houses and apartments changed hands in Jailly from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.13/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Jailly€8.13/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Nièvre median€9.08/m²
€8.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.34 to €10.44/m² a month)
€6.26/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Full pageJailly’s cost of living pageOpen the page
Renting€8.13/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Église Saint-Sylvestre de Jailly and 3 more in and around Jailly

Heritage in and near Jailly. Best known first.

All attractions →
ChurchChurchÉglise Saint-Sylvestre de Jaillyin townChurchChurchÉglise Saint-Saulge de Saint-Saulge3 km east, in Saint-SaulgeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lichy4.9 km southwest, in BonaChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Martin3 km north, in Sainte-Marie
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Jailly

12pages on Jailly
The big questions
Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 18.4 mi awayWork & commute0 jobs based hereHousing4 sales on record, the last three yearsFlood & hazards
Out and about
OutdoorsAttractionsOne place to visit mapped in townClimateWeather
The story
Who lives hereMedian age 61.7History1 historic monumentTown HallFamous people

Landmarks

Jailly has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Église Saint-SylvestreChurch · 12th c.
Classé
Église Saint-Antoine (ancienne)Church · 12th c. · in Billy-Chevannes, 5.1 mi
Classé
Château d'AzyChâteau · 19th c. · in Saint-Benin-d'Azy, 8 mi
Classé
Vestiges archéologiquesArchaeological site · Antiquity · in Champallement, 8.4 mi
Photo credits

Église Saint-Sylvestre: Photo: Alexis Burnier · CC0

Famous people from Jailly

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Jailly yet.

How we find them →

Jailly’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Nièvre →
GuérignyLa MachineImphyCoulanges-lès-NeversVarennes-VauzellesNeversGuérignyLa MachineImphyCoulanges-lès-NeversVarennes-VauzellesNeversJailly
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Jailly67—————
Guérigny2,50513—A—B−
La Machine3,19214A−A+AC−
Imphy3,18215C+ABD
Coulanges-lès-Nevers3,68815AA−A+B
Varennes-Vauzelles9,14616B+B+B−A−
Nevers33,08517CA−DC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Jailly

Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Jailly is a commune of 67 people in the Communauté de communes Amognes Cœur du 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

Population
67 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Amognes Cœur du Nivernais
Département
Nièvre (58)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
4.2 sq mi (10.9 km²)
INSEE code
58136

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.