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ChassySaône-et-Loire

Home to 296 people, this town lies in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Chassy a good place to live?

Chassy is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Château de Chassy
Château de Chassy · Classé · Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Chassy’s story

Chassy in pictures

Chassy has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2022First protected: Château de Chassy
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chassy.

History

Chassy keeps more of its old housing than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Chassy is Château de Chassy. This Saône-et-Loire town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

1926
first monument protected
18%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Chassy, fewer than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns

People aged 15 to 24 are 7.4% of the population. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, between Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 19% have a degree.

53.1median age
ChassySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Chassy
ChassySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–247.4%9.5%11%
25–4417%19%23%
45–6439%26%26%
65+25%30%22%
No diploma16%25%19%
CAP or BEP38%31%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education19%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 2.2% of commuters in Chassy go to work without a car, fewer than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns

Jobs based in Chassy number 50, against 150 residents in work (0.2 per worker). Unemployment stood at 8.8%, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Also worth knowing: at the census, 5.2% of working residents in Chassy didn’t travel to work at all.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Chassy, 0.2 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 9.4 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away.

95.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Chassy95.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jorge SemprunNearest collègeCollègeCollège10895%+5 pts
95.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +5 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Chassy than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.47/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €6.70/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 14 homes were sold in Chassy.

€7.47/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Chassy€7.47/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€9.77/m²
€7.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.93 to €9.41/m² a month)
€6.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Chassy and 2 more in and around Chassy

Heritage in and near Chassy. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Chassy

13pages on Chassy

Landmarks

The list names few of Chassy’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de Chassy: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0

Famous people from Chassy

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chassy yet.

How we find them →

Chassy’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Saône-et-Loire →
GueugnonDigoinParay-le-MonialSanvignes-les-MinesSaint-VallierCharollesGueugnonDigoinParay-le-MonialSanvignes-les-MinesSaint-VallierCharollesChassy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Chassy296—————
Gueugnon6,5282.2A+A+BB+
Digoin7,3538.6B+A+CB−
Paray-le-Monial9,2919.5A+A−A−B
Sanvignes-les-Mines4,23510AA+AC+
Saint-Vallier8,50813B+AA−C−
Charolles2,77213A+AAB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Chassy

Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Chassy is a commune of 296 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
296 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
5.2 sq mi (13.4 km²)
INSEE code
71111

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 4, 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.