A town without an obvious weak point. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 12.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Walkability is a strength too: nearly four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 28% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,188/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Clunisois. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, ranking #7 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. Set against the rest, it does better than 94% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Cluny 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 Cluny.
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1994, and 29 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
18 of the 29 are houses and mansions. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1994. Cluny has 59 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (3.1) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments here is Maison romane.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
For walkability, Cluny ranks above 88% of compared French towns
Unemployment runs at 8.6%. Per resident in work, Cluny counts 1.5 jobs (2,650 jobs, 1,750 workers). 5.6% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
28%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving65%
On foot20%
Public transport4%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,650
jobs based in Cluny, 1.5 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,610
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 88% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Cluny than in 83% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 70 offenses in Cluny. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
2.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage27
Burglary15
Family violence11
Sexual violence10
Theft from vehicles7
Armed robbery0
Drug use60
Fraud27
Theft without violence18
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.
2.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
70
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.6%
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 and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (5.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
98.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Cluny, 97.0% passed the bac, above both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #16 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Cluny: 18% are 15 to 24, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
The under-15s are 12% of the population here. 30% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and above compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by just over a third of adults.
49.2median age
ClunySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
18%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B−
Homes in Cluny sell for €2,188/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.
The split in Cluny: €2,294/m² for houses, €2,019/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.80/m² a month, between Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 63% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,188/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cluny€2,188/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,294/m²
75
Apartments
€2,019/m²
44
€10.80/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.14 to €14.32/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Clunisois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Cluny run lower than in 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Cluny is Ch les Chanaux Macon, 11.1 mi away. 832 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 744: 12% above. Its two care homes for older people (203 places) count their residents as Cluny’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Cluny can choose among 9 GPs.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Cluny · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch les Chanaux Macon
11.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch les Chanaux Macon
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Maison romane: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison romane: Photo: Jan Sokol · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison romane: Photo: Jan Sokol · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison romane, dite maison Descours: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Public domain · Lionel Potillon: PhilippeF, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Joseph Caraud: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Barthélémy Forest: Henri Demare, Public domain
Cluny’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cluny
Is Cluny safe?
It grades A− for safety, #8 of 29 in Saône-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 27 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cluny good?
They grade A−, better than 75% of compared French towns and #16 of 31 in Saône-et-Loire. 97% of 117 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique La Prat's in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cluny expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Cluny grades B− for cost of living.
About Cluny
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Cluny is a commune of 4,942 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
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.
