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252 people call this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.
Écuelles has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Just over a fifth of homes here are second homes.
The one thing Écuelles does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Écuelles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Charnay-lès-Chalon, 1.6 mi away.
36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Écuelles.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, near Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15. Graduates make up 20% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Écuelles | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
50 jobs are based in Écuelles, for 100 working residents (0.2 per worker). 9.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,010 a year per consumption unit.
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 5 homes were sold in Écuelles. A house rents for an estimated €9.14/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Écuelles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Écuelles as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écuelles | 252 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gergy | 2,566 | 7.6 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Beaune Côte-d'Or | 20,352 | 12 | B+ | C | C− | A− |
| Champforgeuil | 2,637 | 14 | — | A− | — | B− |
| Saint-Marcel | 6,211 | 14 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges Côte-d'Or | 5,235 | 14 | A | B | B− | B− |
| Chalon-sur-Saône | 45,102 | 15 | B+ | B+ | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Écuelles is a commune of 252 people in the Communauté de communes Saône Doubs Bresse. 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.