Good marks almost everywhere you look. Overall, Bourbon-Lancy earns an A+: better than almost every compared French town, and #2 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. Its best grade is for schools (A+): brevet results 9 points above the expected rate. Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Bourbon-Lancy 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 Maison Sévigné: Photo: AntonyB · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Nazaire (ancienne): Photo: AntonyB · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour du beffroi: Photo: AntonyB · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Vignault: Photo: Editeur Bourgey.- Ph Renonrad (?) à Macon (Saône-et-Loire) · Public domain
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourbon-Lancy.
Schools
Brevet results near Bourbon-Lancy run high: 97.0% passed, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
97.0%passed the brevetA+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #1 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 15.1 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A+
A home in Bourbon-Lancy sells for €1,084/m², less than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns
€1,084/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.52/m² a month, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.34/m² a month. The sales split: 91% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bourbon-Lancy€1,084/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,146/m²
137
€8.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.79 to €10.68/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Bourbon-Lancy skews older, with 39% of residents 65 or over, more than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns
57.2median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.8% of residents, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 16% have a degree. Bourbon-Lancy has a median age of 57.2 years.
Bourbon-LancySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 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
Safety
Bourbon-Lancy sees less crime per resident than 88% of compared French towns
4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
The commonest graded crime in Bourbon-Lancy was criminal damage (2025). Jobs outnumber working residents in Bourbon-Lancy (3,300 to 1,650): it draws people in from around. Over 2025, Bourbon-Lancy logged 73 recorded offenses. Violence against people averaged 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 9.2.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage34
Burglary14
Family violence12
Sexual violence7
Other physical violence6
Drug use24
Fraud21
Theft without violence11
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.
4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
73
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.6%
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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 6.6% of the index here. 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Bourbon-Lancy than in Saône-et-Loire or compared French towns: 11 per 10,000 residents
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Bourbon-Lancy is Maison dite Maison Sévigné. The town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
19.0% of commuters in Bourbon-Lancy go to work without a car, more than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
19%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €24,790 a year per consumption unit, about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and below compared French towns (€25,970). 4.5% of Bourbon-Lancy’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot13%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
3,300
jobs based in Bourbon-Lancy, 2 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Bourbon-Lancy is 19.9 mi from the nearest emergency department
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (220 places) counts its residents as Bourbon-Lancy’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. There is one general practitioner locally. At birth, a girl in Saône-et-Loire can expect 85.5 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 970 residents of Bourbon-Lancy died, against 921 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Bourbon-Lancy · 1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
19.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch du Pays Charolais Brionnais
19.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch du Pays Charolais Brionnais
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bernard de Vaulx: Unknown Unknown, Public domain · Édith Gueugneau: LeCardinal, CC BY 4.0 · Jean-Marie Repoux: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
About Bourbon-Lancy
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourbon-Lancy is a commune of 4,674 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme. 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
4,674 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
21.6 sq mi (55.9 km²)
INSEE code
71047
Bourbon-Lancy’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bourbon-Lancy
Is Bourbon-Lancy safe?
It grades A for safety, #7 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bourbon-Lancy good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns and #1 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bourbon-Lancy expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bourbon-Lancy grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
