Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 7.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its weakest is jobs & income: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 11.9% unemployment. It also trails on schools: brevet results 2 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier 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-Pierre-le-Moûtier 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.
Maison dite du Lieutenant criminel, au Sud de l'église: Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
HousingCost of living A
A home in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier sells for €904/m², less than in both Nièvre’s towns and compared French towns
€904/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.56/m² a month, lower than both Nièvre’s towns (€9.08/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. House rents are put at about €7.19/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier€904/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Nièvre median€1,116/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€902/m²
77
€8.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.72 to €10.91/m² a month)
2.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,270
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Nivernais Bourbonnais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier than in Nièvre’s towns or across compared French towns: 14% of adults
53.6median age
Over-65s are a third of the population. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.2% of the town, lower than both Nièvre’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Half of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier is older than 53.6, half younger.
Saint-Pierre-le-MoûtierNièvre medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma33%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier than in 76% of compared French towns
7.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Police and gendarmerie recorded 23 offenses in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier in 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was other physical violence (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Other physical violence11
Burglary7
Criminal damage5
Theft without violence9
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.
7.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.9%
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 family violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 24.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
People in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier have lower living standards than in 94% of French communes of 1,000+
11%walk, cycle or take transit
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 10.6% of commuters travelled at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €22,110 a year per consumption unit, about level with Nièvre’s towns (€23,120) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Just over a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot8%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
650
jobs based in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, 1.1 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,110
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 68% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier sees fewer deaths than Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Nièvre can expect 84.1 years and a boy 76.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 333 deaths in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier from 2016 to 2025; there were 387, 16% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier is Hopital Pierre Beregovoy, 13 mi away. 2 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw116
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Pierre Beregovoy
13 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier keeps more of its old housing than Nièvre’s towns or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Pierre. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier is a commune of 1,823 people in the Communauté de communes du Nivernais Bourbonnais. 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
1,823 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Nivernais Bourbonnais
Département
Nièvre (58)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
18.5 sq mi (48 km²)
INSEE code
58264
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
