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A town in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, home to 1,646 people. Over-65s are 31% of the population.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on schools (C−): bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. The median sale price is €1,148/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Léger-des-Vignes 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-Léger-des-Vignes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Léger-des-Vignes 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-Léger-des-Vignes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Léger-des-Vignes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Aré, in Decize, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Léger-des-Vignes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.66/m² a month, close to Nièvre’s towns (€9.08/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €6.54/m² a month. The market in Saint-Léger-des-Vignes: 60 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,189/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Nièvre, women can expect to live 84.1 years and men 76.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Léger-des-Vignes’ deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, above both Nièvre’s towns (93) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 207 residents of Saint-Léger-des-Vignes died, against 202 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 95% passed the bac pro, of 21 candidates. The closest collège is 1 mi off. At the general lycée, 96% of 120 candidates passed the bac, 2 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maurice GenevoixNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 90 | 79%−9 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Maurice GenevoixNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 120 | 96%−2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Thérèse Desreumaux PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 21 | 95%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.5%. 31% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Nièvre’s towns (32%) and above compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 16% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Léger-des-Vignes | Nièvre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 8.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nièvre median and France median: the median of compared communes
10.0% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Nièvre’s towns (14.2%). Jobs based in Saint-Léger-des-Vignes number 300, against 600 residents in work (0.5 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €25,190 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Léger-des-Vignes. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Léger-des-Vignes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Saint-Léger-des-Vignes.
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-Léger-des-Vignes | 1,646 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Decize | 4,932 | 1.3 | B− | A | C+ | C+ |
| La Machine | 3,192 | 3.6 | A− | A+ | A | C− |
| Imphy | 3,182 | 11 | C+ | A | B | D |
| Nevers | 33,085 | 17 | C | A− | D | C+ |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers | 3,688 | 17 | A | A− | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Léger-des-Vignes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 12.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Léger-des-Vignes grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Léger-des-Vignes is a commune of 1,646 people in the Communauté de communes Sud 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
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.