Saône-et-Loire has 563 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 32 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 77 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
The median ranked town in Saône-et-Loire grades highest on cost of living and schools against towns across France, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subjectThe median ranked town in Saône-et-Loire against French towns · the line marks the median French town
How the towns Saône-et-Loire grade overall29 ranked towns
A18B9C2
18 of 29 (62%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
With the 32 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 563 communes of Saône-et-Loire, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Givry ranks first of 29 graded towns of 2,500 or more: schools (A+) and jobs & income (A+) are its strongest grades; cost of living (B−) is its lowest. Bourbon-Lancy and Charolles follow.
How do the biggest towns in Saône-et-Loire grade?
Chalon-sur-Saône (45,102 people) grades B+ overall, with its best grade in walkability. Mâcon (35,177 people) grades C overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Saône-et-Loire, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Saône-et-Loire on TownRatings?
Yes: all 563 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 32 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 77 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 454 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Champforgeuil and Gergy and Ouroux-sur-Saône have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
