Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results are strong: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,484/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Cuiseaux 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.
Each subject compares Cuiseaux 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 Cuiseaux.
HealthHealth D−
More deaths than Cuiseaux’s ages would predict, 117 per 100 expected, above Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Cuiseaux have one GP on hand. In Saône-et-Loire, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 452 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 302: 49% above. The nearest emergency department to Cuiseaux is Ch Lons, 14.8 mi away.
+17%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw149
Adjusted117
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Cuiseaux · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Lons
14.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Lons
85.5 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Saône-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.81/m² a month, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.09/m² a month. The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,484/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cuiseaux€1,484/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€1,438/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,532/m²
48
€9.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.67 to €12.56/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.09/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Cuiseaux than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 17% of adults
Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and above compared French towns (22%). At 50, the median resident of Cuiseaux sits in the middle of the age range.
50median age
CuiseauxSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Cuiseaux has 1.7 jobs for every resident in work
Unemployment stood at 9.1%, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 4.2% of working residents in Cuiseaux at the census. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,820 a year per consumption unit.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
1,250
jobs based in Cuiseaux, 1.7 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,820
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Cuiseaux keeps more of its old housing than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 2019, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. On the Culture ministry’s list, Cuiseaux counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
3historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit2
15th c.
oldest protected part
1904
first monument protected
2019
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cuiseaux
Is Cuiseaux safe?
Cuiseaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Cuiseaux good?
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cuiseaux expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cuiseaux grades A− for cost of living.
About Cuiseaux
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Cuiseaux is a commune of 1,869 people in the Communauté de communes Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'. 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
1,869 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'
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.
