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2,485 residents make their home in this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
The local economy does well: 2.2 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €1,960/m² costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon. It has 2,250 jobs for 1,050 working residents.
Figures: 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. Crissey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Crissey does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Crissey 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.
Crissey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Crissey as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cathédrale Saint-Vincent (ancienne), in Chalon-sur-Saône, 2.6 mi away.
4.5% 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 Crissey. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Nicéphore-Niépce4.6 km southwest, in Chalon-sur-Saône
MuseumMusée Denon4.6 km southwest, in Chalon-sur-SaôneAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Marcel-lès-Chalon4.8 km south, in Saint-MarcelAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye médiévale Saint-Pierre de Chalon-sur-Saône4.1 km southwest, in Chalon-sur-SaôneFortFortRemparts de Chalon-sur-Saône4 km southwest, in Chalon-sur-SaônePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crissey.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Crissey has one family doctor. Life expectancy in Saône-et-Loire: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 212 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 167, 21% fewer.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Unemployment stood at 7.5%, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters 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 €10.38/m² a month, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.06/m² a month. The market in Crissey: 68 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,988/m² | 66 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 89% passed the bac pro, of 319 candidates at 4 lycées. A collège lies 1.7 mi away. At the lycées within 5 km of Crissey, 94.1% passed the bac, in line with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (94.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 86%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Hilaire de ChardonnetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 158 | 98%+4 pts |
| Collège Jean VilarBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 154 | 84%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
27% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Saône-et-Loire’s towns (15%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Crissey | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Crissey is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Crissey yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crissey | 2,485 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Champforgeuil | 2,637 | 2.1 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Chalon-sur-Saône | 45,102 | 2.3 | B+ | B+ | C | B |
| Saint-Marcel | 6,211 | 3 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal | 6,267 | 3.6 | A | B | A− | B− |
| Saint-Rémy | 6,410 | 4.3 | A− | B− | B | B |
| Gergy | 2,566 | 4.7 | — | B+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Crissey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 158 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Hilaire de Chardonnet in 2025, 4 points above 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 Crissey grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Crissey is a commune of 2,485 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Chalon. 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 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.