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Population 1,432: a town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability (C). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B for jobs & income. Homes change hands at a median €1,239/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Magny-Cours 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 one thing Magny-Cours does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Magny-Cours 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.
Magny-Cours 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 Magny-Cours as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église et crypte, in Saint-Parize-le-Châtel, 2.8 mi away.
22% 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 Magny-Cours.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.13/m² a month, close to Nièvre’s towns (€9.08/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €6.79/m² a month. Also worth knowing: from July 2023 to June 2026, 50 homes were sold in Magny-Cours.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,239/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 7.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Nièvre’s towns (15.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Magny-Cours holds 750 jobs; 600 of its residents are in work, so 1.2 jobs each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,510 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
28% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 16%, above Nièvre’s towns (14%) but below compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Magny-Cours | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (52 places) counts its residents as Magny-Cours’; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. 247 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 210: 17% above. The nearest emergency department to Magny-Cours is Hopital Pierre Beregovoy, 6.6 mi away. 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Nothing in Magny-Cours is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Magny-Cours yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magny-Cours | 1,432 | — | — | A+ | — | B− |
| Imphy | 3,182 | 6.4 | C+ | A | B | D |
| Nevers | 33,085 | 7.3 | C | A− | D | C+ |
| Marzy | 3,623 | 7.6 | A− | B | A | B− |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers | 3,688 | 8.6 | A | A− | A+ | B |
| Varennes-Vauzelles | 9,146 | 9.1 | B+ | B+ | B− | A− |
| Fourchambault | 3,992 | 9.6 | B− | A | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Magny-Cours has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Magny-Cours grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Magny-Cours is a commune of 1,432 people in the Communauté de communes Loire et Allier. 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 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.