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2,006 residents make their home in this town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is jobs & income (C): 1.6 jobs per working resident; 11.6% unemployment. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Second homes make up 13% of its housing.
Luzy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Luzy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Luzy 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.
Luzy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Luzy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Pierre, in Larochemillay, 6.1 mi away.
26% 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 Luzy.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 6.2% of the town. Children under 15 make up 11%, below both Nièvre’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Luzy is 61.2.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Luzy | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.2% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 44% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,019/m², below both Nièvre’s towns (€1,116/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 82 houses and apartments changed hands in Luzy from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 90% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,068/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The unemployment rate comes to 11.6%. Half of residents lived on more than €23,310 a year per consumption unit, near Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 15.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (78 places) counts its residents as Luzy’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. There are 5 general practitioners in the town. Average lifespans in Nièvre: 84.1 years for women, 76.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 448 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 478, 7% 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Nothing in Luzy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
6 notable people were born in Luzy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luzy | 2,006 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Gueugnon Saône-et-Loire | 6,528 | 14 | A+ | A+ | B | B+ |
| Bourbon-Lancy Saône-et-Loire | 4,674 | 15 | A+ | A+ | A | B |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines Saône-et-Loire | 4,235 | 18 | A | A+ | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Luzy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 900 jobs for 600 working residents, Luzy draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Luzy grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Luzy is a commune of 2,006 people in the Communauté de communes Bazois Loire Morvan. 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.