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DetteySaône-et-Loire

Some 88 people live in this town, in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Dettey a good place to live?

Dettey isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up a third of its housing. Over-65s are 30% of the population.

What makes Dettey stand out

The 2 things Dettey does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Dettey’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Dettey’s story

No historic monuments in Dettey

The Culture ministry lists no building in Dettey as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église Saint-Martin, actuellement Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Toulon-sur-Arroux, 5.8 mi away.

53% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dettey.

Who lives here

Dettey has fewer young adults than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 4.5% are 15 to 24

30% of residents are 65 or over, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and above compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 17% of residents. Degrees are held by 28% of adults.

53.3median age
DetteySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP42%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Dettey
DetteySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1517%15%17%
15–244.5%9.5%11%
25–4415%19%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+30%30%22%
No diploma13%25%19%
CAP or BEP42%31%26%
Baccalauréat14%17%18%
Higher education28%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Dettey has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.6 for each

37.1% of Dettey’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. The jobless rate is 10.8%.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving63%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Dettey, 0.6 per working resident
10.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
37%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Dettey than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.14/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 2 homes in Dettey.

€8.14/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Dettey€8.14/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€9.77/m²
€8.14/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.46 to €10.25/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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Dettey

12pages on Dettey

Landmarks

Nothing in Dettey is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Dettey

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

How we find them →

Dettey’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 →
Sanvignes-les-MinesMontceau-les-MinesBlanzyLe CreusotSaint-VallierTorcySanvignes-les-MinesMontceau-les-MinesBlanzyLe CreusotSaint-VallierTorcyDettey
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Dettey88—————
Sanvignes-les-Mines4,2359.2AA+AC+
Montceau-les-Mines17,06411B−AC−B−
Blanzy5,95511AAB+B+
Le Creusot20,50912C+ACC
Saint-Vallier8,50812B+AA−C−
Torcy2,67812B+A−B+A−

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

About Dettey

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

Dettey is a commune of 88 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Autunois Morvan. 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
88 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Autunois Morvan
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
8.7 sq mi (22.5 km²)
INSEE code
71172

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.