Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 57 in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Murlin is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing Murlin does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Murlin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Passy-les-Tours (restes), in Varennes-lès-Narcy, 5.1 mi away.
61% 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 Murlin.
Children under 15 make up 14%, close to Nièvre’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents. Degrees are held by 30% of adults.
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Murlin | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 37% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
100 jobs are based in Murlin, for 50 working residents (3.6 per worker). 7.7% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Murlin: 2 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Murlin 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 Murlin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murlin | 57 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guérigny | 2,505 | 7.7 | — | A | — | B− |
| La Charité-sur-Loire | 4,705 | 7.7 | B+ | A | C | C+ |
| Garchizy | 3,648 | 12 | B+ | A | A | D |
| Varennes-Vauzelles | 9,146 | 13 | B+ | B+ | B− | A− |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers | 3,688 | 13 | A | A− | A+ | B |
| Fourchambault | 3,992 | 13 | B− | A | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Murlin is a commune of 57 people in the Communauté de communes Les Bertranges. 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) · 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.