Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is another plus: 49% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B− for jobs & income. Holiday and other second homes account for 16% of homes.
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). Moulins-Engilbert 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.
Each subject compares Moulins-Engilbert 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.
Prieuré de Commagny (ancien) · Classé · Photo: Bildoj · CC BY-SA 4.0
Moulins-Engilbert’s story
Moulins-Engilbert in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Moulins-Engilbert: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 8 people born in Moulins-Engilbert before 1900, the earliest Philippe De Moulins, in 1325.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Moulins-Engilbert: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level).
Ancien château: Photo: Pemberlaid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Prieuré de Commagny (ancien): Photo: Bildoj · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moulins-Engilbert.
Who lives here
An older town: 42% of people in Moulins-Engilbert are 65 or over, more than in Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns
60.2median age
Children are just over a tenth of the town. 6.4% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Nièvre’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 13% of adults.
Moulins-EngilbertNièvre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma36%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education13%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Moulins-Engilbert than in Nièvre’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.07/m² a month
€798/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €798/m², below both Nièvre’s towns (€1,116/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 69 homes in Moulins-Engilbert.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Moulins-Engilbert€798/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nièvre median€1,116/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€798/m²
69
€8.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.30 to €10.33/m² a month)
2.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Bazois Loire Morvan
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Moulins-Engilbert has lower unemployment than Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 8.7%
17%walk, cycle or take transit
For its 400 residents in work, Moulins-Engilbert has 600 jobs: 1.5 each. Half of residents lived on more than €23,320 a year per consumption unit, about level with Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 7.9% of working residents locally at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot15%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
600
jobs based in Moulins-Engilbert, 1.5 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Moulins-Engilbert: 44% were built before 1919, more than in Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Moulins-Engilbert is Prieuré de Commagny (ancien). This Nièvre town has 37 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above Nièvre’s towns (4.1) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Moulins-Engilbert records 85 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 93 in Nièvre’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Moulins-Engilbert is Ch Autun Antenne Smur Chateau Chinon, 8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 409 residents of Moulins-Engilbert died, against 332 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% more. Life expectancy in Nièvre: 84.1 years for women and 76.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw123
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Moulins-Engilbert · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Autun Antenne Smur Chateau Chinon
32.3 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
Moulins-Engilbert is a commune of 1,352 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
Population
1,352 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bazois Loire Morvan
Département
Nièvre (58)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
16 sq mi (41.4 km²)
INSEE code
58182
Moulins-Engilbert’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Moulins-Engilbert
Is Moulins-Engilbert safe?
Moulins-Engilbert has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Moulins-Engilbert expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Moulins-Engilbert grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
