Schools are its strong suit: brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Homes go for a median €1,400/m².
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Buxy 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.
Each subject compares Buxy 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Buxy’s grade for cost of living: an A
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.39/m² a month, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 87% of sales, apartments for the rest. Sales in Buxy from July 2023 to June 2026: 63 houses and apartments.
€1,400/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Buxy€1,400/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,402/m²
55
€9.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.22 to €12.21/m² a month)
3.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,310
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sud Côte Chalonnaise
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Buxy has lower unemployment than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7%
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,870 a year. Buxy holds 850 jobs; 850 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. Just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
850
jobs based in Buxy, 1 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 79% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Allowing for age and care homes, Buxy sees fewer deaths than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 79 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Buxy is Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone, 8.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 317 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 330, 4% more. Life expectancy at birth in Saône-et-Loire is 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Buxy can choose among 6 GPs.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Buxy · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone
8.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children under 15 make up 15%, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (15%) but below compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 30% of adults. At 49.4, the median resident of Buxy sits in the middle of the age range.
49.4median age
BuxySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Buxy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Among the graded crimes in Buxy, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). The 2025 count: 16 offenses in the town. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 2.7 violent offenses and 7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
2.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
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.
2.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
37.4%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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 (37.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Musée du Vigneron and 5 more in and around Buxy
Heritage and museums in and near Buxy. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Buxy
Is Buxy safe?
Buxy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Buxy good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Buxy expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Buxy grades A for cost of living.
About Buxy
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Buxy is a commune of 2,150 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Côte Chalonnaise. 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.
