Prémery’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 12.2% unemployment. The median price paid is €842/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Prémery 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 Prémery 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 40% of people in Prémery are 65 or over, more than in Nièvre’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 11% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4% of the town, about level with Nièvre’s towns (8.7%) and below compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Prémery is 58.5.
58.5median age
PrémeryNièvre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth D
Mortality in Prémery, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Nièvre’s towns and compared French towns: 112 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Prémery is Hopital Pierre Beregovoy, 16.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 390 residents of Prémery died, against 310 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. 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. The town has 2 family doctors.
+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Prémery · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Pierre Beregovoy
16.6 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
Incomes in Prémery are lower than in 91% of French communes of 1,000+
Median disposable income comes to €22,610 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 12.2%, below Nièvre’s towns (14.2%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 9.0% of working residents in Prémery didn’t travel to work at all.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot9%
Bicycle4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
700
jobs based in Prémery, 1.2 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,610
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 66% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Prémery: 22% 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 Prémery is Église Saint-Marcel. On the Culture ministry’s list, Prémery counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Prémery has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Of the graded crimes in Prémery, sexual violence came up most often (2025). All told, Prémery had 32 recorded offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.6 cases of violence against people and 7.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
5.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Sexual violence12
Criminal damage12
Family violence8
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence13
Fraud9
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
5.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
32
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 32.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Prémery and 2 more in and around Prémery
Heritage and museums in and near Prémery. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Prémery
Is Prémery safe?
Prémery has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Prémery expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Prémery grades A+ for cost of living.
About Prémery
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Prémery is a commune of 1,734 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
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.
