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Saint-Honoré-les-BainsNièvre

678 people live in this town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Saint-Honoré-les-Bains a good place to live?

Saint-Honoré-les-Bains isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 44% of its housing. The median sale price is €841/m². People aged 65 and over make up 44% of residents.

What makes Saint-Honoré-les-Bains stand out

The 3 things Saint-Honoré-les-Bains does most differently from other towns.

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Saint-Honoré-les-Bains’ story

1 historic monument, 1 classé

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.

32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Wikidata records 2 people born in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains before 1900, the earliest Antoine Théodore Viel de Lunas d'Espeuilles, in 1803.

  • 1995First protected: Château de la Montagne
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains than in Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 9.1% are under 15

People aged 15 to 24 make up 5.7% of the town, below Nièvre’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Over-65s are 44% of the population. Degrees are held by 20% of adults.

61.7median age
Saint-Honoré-les-BainsNièvre medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains
Saint-Honoré-les-BainsNièvre medianFrance median
Under 159.1%14%17%
15–245.7%8.7%11%
25–4411%19%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+44%32%22%
No diploma23%28%19%
CAP or BEP32%31%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education20%19%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Saint-Honoré-les-Bains keeps more of its old housing than Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains is Château de la Montagne. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

18th c.
oldest protected part
1995
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

52% of Saint-Honoré-les-Bains’ residents in work work in the commune itself

The jobless rate is 11.1%. The median disposable income was €23,100 a year per consumption unit, about level with Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains: 250, for 200 residents in work (1.1 each).

17%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving74%
On foot11%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
250
jobs based in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains, 1.1 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains than in Nièvre’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.93/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €6.93/m² a month. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest. Saint-Honoré-les-Bains recorded 60 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€841/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saint-Honoré-les-Bains€841/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nièvre median€1,116/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€809/m²58
€7.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.07 to €10.36/m² a month)
€6.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée de la Résistance de Saint-Honoré-les-Bains and 5 more in and around Saint-Honoré-les-Bains

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Honoré-les-Bains. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Saint-Honoré-les-Bains

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Landmarks

Saint-Honoré-les-Bains has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Saint-Honoré-les-Bains

3 notable people were born in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains.

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Saint-Honoré-les-Bains’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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La MachineLa MachineSaint-Honoré-les-Bains
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Honoré-les-Bains678—————
La Machine3,19218A−A+AC−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saint-Honoré-les-Bains

Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Saint-Honoré-les-Bains is a commune of 678 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
678 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bazois Loire Morvan
Département
Nièvre (58)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
9.7 sq mi (25.1 km²)
INSEE code
58246

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 9, 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.