Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 229 residents, it is a town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Château has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 31% of homes.
The one thing Château does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Château as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Blaise, in Mazille, 2 mi away.
49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Château. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Château.
Children under 15 make up 14%, near Saône-et-Loire’s towns (15%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 24% of residents. Degrees are held by just over two in five adults.
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Château | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.9% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 38% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.3% of commuters at the census. Château has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Half of residents lived on more than €29,000 a year per consumption unit, above both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Château, 97.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The closest collège is 2.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre-Paul Prud'honNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 98%+4 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique La Prat'sNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 117 | 97%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Château: 4 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Château is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Château.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château | 229 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cluny | 4,942 | 2.6 | A | B− | A− | B− |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon | 8,227 | 12 | B | C | A− | B |
| Mâcon | 35,177 | 13 | C | B | C− | B |
| Feillens Ain | 3,411 | 15 | A+ | B− | A+ | A |
| Crêches-sur-Saône | 3,198 | 15 | A− | B− | C− | A− |
| Charolles | 2,772 | 16 | A+ | A | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Château is a commune of 229 people in the Communauté de communes du Clunisois. 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) · 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.