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A town of 1,103 in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Azé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.6% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Azé 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.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Azé; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2013.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Claude Guichard, born in 1861, is the one person born in Azé before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Azé.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 96% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 27 homes were sold in Azé.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Azé has 4 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Azé is Ch les Chanaux Macon, 8.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 103 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 81, 21% fewer. In Saône-et-Loire, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Azé; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The median disposable income was €27,580 a year per consumption unit, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.8% of commuters at the census. At the census, 2.2% of working residents in Azé didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (15%). People 65 and over make up 22% of the town. Among adults, 30% have a degree.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Azé | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Azé. Best known first.
Azé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Azé.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Azé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Azé is a commune of 1,103 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération. 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) · 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 October 30, 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.