Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. School results are strong (A+): brevet results 9 points above the expected rate. Chagny grades A− overall, better than four fifths of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #16 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. It is easy to get around without a car: 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. What counts against it is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €1,675/m² costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Chagny 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chagny.
Schools
Schools around Chagny do better than those of 99% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #2 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. Near Chagny, 96.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, higher than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (90.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.9 mi off.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Mortality in Chagny, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns: 106 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
854 deaths in Chagny between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 646: 32% above. In Saône-et-Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Also worth knowing: 6 GPs practise here. The nearest emergency department to Chagny is Hospices Civils de Beaune, 9.4 mi away.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw132
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Chagny · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hospices Civils de Beaune
9.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hospices Civils de Beaune
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
6 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2019
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Chagny is Église Saint-Martin. The town has 11 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (3.1) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2019. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Chagny is easier to get around on foot than 85% of compared French towns
The jobless rate is 8.0%. For its 2,400 residents in work, Chagny has 2,250 jobs: 0.9 each. Public transport took 5.7% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot9%
Public transport6%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,250
jobs based in Chagny, 0.9 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,390
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Homes in Chagny sell for €1,675/m² at the median, against €1,438/m² in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €1,786/m² in Chagny, apartments for €1,434/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.05/m² a month, higher than Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €11.20/m² a month.
€1,675/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chagny€1,675/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,786/m²
118
Apartments
€1,434/m²
48
€11.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.89 to €13.74/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,410
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Chagny than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 20% of adults
A quarter of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, higher than Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and near compared French towns (11%). Typical age in Chagny: 48, the median.
48median age
ChagnySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
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%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Crime per resident in Chagny is higher than in 59% of compared French towns
Graded property crimes ran at 13.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 9.8 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Chagny show 141 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
9.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage49
Family violence23
Sexual violence18
Other physical violence16
Burglary16
Theft from vehicles12
Vehicle theft7
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence38
Drug use38
Fraud36
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.
9.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
141
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Bellecroix and 5 more in and around Chagny
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chagny
Is Chagny safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #19 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 49 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Chagny good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns and #2 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Chagny expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chagny grades A− for cost of living.
About Chagny
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chagny is a commune of 5,350 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay. 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
5,350 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Beaune, Côte et Sud - Communauté Beaune-Chagny-Nolay
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.
