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This town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 2,296.
The local economy does well (A): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.1% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,520/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Éloi 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 2 things Saint-Éloi does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Éloi 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.
Saint-Éloi has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Saint-Éloi has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1974.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Éloi. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la faïence et des beaux-arts4.9 km west, in Nevers
MuseumMusée archéologique du Nivernais5 km west, in NeversAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte de Nevers4.7 km west, in NeversAttractionAttractionPalais ducal de Nevers4.6 km west, in NeversAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Fontmorigny à Nevers4.2 km west, in NeversPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Éloi.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 134 residents of Saint-Éloi died, against 193 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. In Nièvre, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.1 years for women and 76.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 2 GPs practise here.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Nièvre’s towns (15.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,970 a year. At the census, 1.9% of working residents in Saint-Éloi didn’t travel to work at all.
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 estimated advertised rent is €9.13/m² a month, near Nièvre’s towns (€9.08/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Saint-Éloi recorded 53 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,520/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
29% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, lower than Nièvre’s towns (32%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Éloi | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Éloi is Église de Chaluzy (ancienne). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Homes built before 1919 account for nearly a tenth of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.1 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les CourlisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 83%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 1.7 cases of violence against people and 7.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 13 offenses recorded in Saint-Éloi. Also worth knowing: in 2025, burglary led the graded crimes here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (33.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Éloi has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église de Chaluzy (ancienne): Photo: Chau7 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Éloi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Éloi | 2,296 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers | 3,688 | 2.8 | A | A− | A+ | B |
| Nevers | 33,085 | 3.1 | C | A− | D | C+ |
| Varennes-Vauzelles | 9,146 | 4.2 | B+ | B+ | B− | A− |
| Imphy | 3,182 | 4.4 | C+ | A | B | D |
| Marzy | 3,623 | 6.1 | A− | B | A | B− |
| Fourchambault | 3,992 | 6.8 | B− | A | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Éloi has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Éloi grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Éloi is a commune of 2,296 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers. 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.