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The town has 8,227 residents and lies in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Where it does best is safety: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs and pay hold up well: 1 job per working resident; 8.9% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,368/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération. The trade-off is schools: bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.4 points below the expected rate. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, better than 63% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #24 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Charnay-lès-Mâcon 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Charnay-lès-Mâcon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cathédrale Saint-Vincent (nouvelle église Saint-Vincent), in Mâcon, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage and museums in and near Charnay-lès-Mâcon. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Ursulines2.4 km east, in Mâcon
Art galleryCouvent des Ursulines de Mâcon2.4 km east, in MâconChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Tour de L'Angein townMuseumMuseumCathédrale Vieux-Saint-Vincent2.5 km east, in MâconChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beaulieu3.6 km south, in Varennes-lès-MâconPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charnay-lès-Mâcon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
92.1% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Charnay-lès-Mâcon, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%). On school results, the town ranks #29 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. A collège lies 0.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 167 | 77%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent René CassinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 211 | 90%−6 pts |
| Collège Robert SchumanBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 93 | 80%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Charnay-lès-Mâcon (2025). The police record for Charnay-lès-Mâcon lists 127 offenses in 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 · For vehicle theft, 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, 0.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
For its 3,300 residents in work, Charnay-lès-Mâcon has 3,350 jobs: 1 each. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 5.9% of working residents in the town at the census.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €12.38/m² a month, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in Charnay-lès-Mâcon sell for €2,231/m², houses for €2,481/m². Only one of the 32 towns in Saône-et-Loire costs more to buy into than Charnay-lès-Mâcon, whose median sale is €2,368/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,481/m² | 131 |
| Apartments | €2,231/m² | 160 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and below compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up nearly a third of adults. At 48.3, the median resident of Charnay-lès-Mâcon sits in the middle of the age range.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 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.
Charnay-lès-Mâcon has 12 family doctors. Its care home for older people (75 places) counts its residents as Charnay-lès-Mâcon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. 905 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 993: 9% below. Average lifespans in Saône-et-Loire: 85.5 years for women, 78.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Nothing in Charnay-lès-Mâcon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Charnay-lès-Mâcon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon | 8,227 | — | B | C | A− | B |
| Mâcon | 35,177 | 1.1 | C | B | C− | B |
| Replonges Ain | 3,956 | 3.7 | B− | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Crêches-sur-Saône | 3,198 | 4.7 | A− | B− | C− | A− |
| Feillens Ain | 3,411 | 4.7 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay | 4,018 | 6.8 | A | B− | A | B− |
| Bâgé-Dommartin Ain | 4,050 | 7.6 | A | B+ | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #11 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 42 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns and #29 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. 90% of 211 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent René Cassin in 2025, 6 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Charnay-lès-Mâcon grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Charnay-lès-Mâcon is a commune of 8,227 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération. 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 November 8, 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.