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With 2,386 residents, it is a town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Branges’s strongest is safety: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. A 70 m² home at the median €1,587/m² costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'. Most journeys need a car: 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Branges has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Branges does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Branges 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.
Branges has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Branges as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel du Commerce, in Louhans-Châteaurenaud, 2.6 mi away.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Branges.
In all, 17 offenses reached the police record in Branges in 2025. This Saône-et-Loire town has 1,700 jobs for 950 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (23.3% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. 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.
4.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. The median disposable income was €24,820 a year per consumption unit, near Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 9.9% are unemployed.
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.
Behind the median of €1,587/m²: 93 houses and apartments sold in Branges between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,588/m² | 92 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.7 mi away. At the lycées within 5 km of Branges, 93.2% passed the bac, near both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri VincenotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 92%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Henri VincenotNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 141 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 31% of residents. Branges has a median age of 51.9.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Branges | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected.
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−.
Nothing in Branges is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Branges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branges | 2,386 | — | — | A | A+ | B |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud | 6,446 | 3 | B | A− | C− | C+ |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône | 3,214 | 12 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Tournus | 5,701 | 14 | B | A− | D− | B− |
| Sennecey-le-Grand | 2,895 | 14 | A− | B+ | A | C |
| Saint-Marcel | 6,211 | 16 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
| Montmorot Jura | 3,261 | 17 | B | B | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 141 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Henri Vincenot in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,587/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Branges grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Branges is a commune of 2,386 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.