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Population 203: a town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Blanot has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Nearly a third of its homes are second homes.
The one thing Blanot does most differently from other towns.
Blanot has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Blanot.
People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, between Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 13% of the town. Graduates make up nearly two in five adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Blanot | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.4% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Blanot is Ancien prieuré. The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
50 jobs are based in Blanot, for 100 working residents (0.5 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €24,820 a year per consumption unit, near Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: at the census, 13.1% of working residents in Blanot didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.79/m² a month. Blanot recorded 5 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Blanot. Best known first.
Blanot has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien prieuré: Photo: Aies.Bcn · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Blanot yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanot | 203 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cluny | 4,942 | 5.3 | A | B− | A− | B− |
| Tournus | 5,701 | 9.4 | B | A− | D− | B− |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon | 8,227 | 12 | B | C | A− | B |
| Mâcon | 35,177 | 12 | C | B | C− | B |
| Feillens Ain | 3,411 | 12 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
| Sennecey-le-Grand | 2,895 | 13 | A− | B+ | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Blanot is a commune of 203 people in the Communauté de communes du Clunisois. 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 November 4, 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.