Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Second homes make up a tenth of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Benin-d'Azy 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 Saint-Benin-d'Azy 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Benin-d'Azy.
HousingCost of living A+
Homes in Saint-Benin-d'Azy cost less than in Nièvre’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €778/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.13/m² a month, lower than both Nièvre’s towns (€9.08/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 44 homes in Saint-Benin-d'Azy. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €7.57/m² a month.
€778/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Benin-d'Azy€778/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nièvre median€1,116/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€778/m²
44
€8.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.34 to €10.44/m² a month)
2.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.57/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,970
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Amognes Cœur du Nivernais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 29% of residents are 65 or over
Degrees are held by 21% of adults. 15% are under 15, above Nièvre’s towns (14%) but below compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents.
50.3median age
Saint-Benin-d'AzyNièvre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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
HealthHealth C
More deaths than expected: Saint-Benin-d'Azy is above 70% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (86 places) counts its residents as Saint-Benin-d'Azy’s; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. 271 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 194: 40% above. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Benin-d'Azy is Ch Decize, 12.6 mi away. Life expectancy in Nièvre: 84.1 years for women and 76.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw140
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Saint-Benin-d'Azy · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Decize
13.1 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
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Saint-Benin-d'Azy, 9.5%, runs below Nièvre’s towns and compared French towns
Saint-Benin-d'Azy has 450 jobs for 500 working residents, 1 per worker. The median disposable income was €25,860 a year per consumption unit, above Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 5.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot7%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
450
jobs based in Saint-Benin-d'Azy, 1 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Benin-d'Azy
Is Saint-Benin-d'Azy safe?
Saint-Benin-d'Azy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Benin-d'Azy expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Benin-d'Azy grades A+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Benin-d'Azy
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Benin-d'Azy is a commune of 1,255 people in the Communauté de communes Amognes Cœur du Nivernais. 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.
