Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag (C−): 1.8 jobs per working resident; 16.6% unemployment. The overall grade comes out at A−, better than 81% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #15 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety and B− for health.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Autun 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Autun.
History
Autun is rich in protected monuments: 37 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Autun is Pseudo-temple d'Apollon. The town has 49 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 21 classé, the highest protection, and 28 inscrit, the second level. Since 1973, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A
Buying in Autun costs less than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €1,119/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €1,334/m² in Autun, apartments for €956/m². The estimated advertised rent is €9.18/m² a month, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.58/m² a month.
€1,119/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Autun€1,119/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,334/m²
204
Apartments
€956/m²
205
€9.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.30 to €11.54/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Autunois Morvan
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Autun, 16.6%, runs above Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €22,480 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). 24.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot20%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
8,000
jobs based in Autun, 1.8 per working resident
16.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 31% of people in Autun are 65 or over, more than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here. Ages in Autun split evenly at 51.7: half are older, half younger.
51.7median age
AutunSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
89.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 2.3 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Autun is 96.3%, higher than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #15 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Autun sees more crime than 59% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 333 offenses in Autun. With 8,000 jobs for 4,400 working residents, Autun draws people in from neighbouring communes. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 9.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
9.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage143
Theft from vehicles53
Family violence45
Other physical violence38
Sexual violence30
Burglary13
Vehicle theft11
Drug use88
Fraud58
Theft without violence56
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.
9.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
333
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Autun run higher than in 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its seven care homes for older people (463 places) count their residents as Autun’s; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. 2,348 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,164: 8% above. Average lifespans in Saône-et-Loire: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 9 GPs practise in the town.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Autun · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Autun site Parpas
12.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Fondation Hotel Dieu du Creusot
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Autun
Is Autun safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #19 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 143 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Autun good?
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns and #15 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Autun expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Autun grades A for cost of living.
About Autun
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Autun is a commune of 13,172 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Autunois 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
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.
