Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,750 residents, it is a town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Étang-sur-Arroux’s best grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is schools: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. Étang-sur-Arroux 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 Étang-sur-Arroux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Étang-sur-Arroux 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.
Étang-sur-Arroux 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 Étang-sur-Arroux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Montjeu, in Broye, 5.1 mi away.
15% 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 Étang-sur-Arroux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 416 deaths in Étang-sur-Arroux from 2016 to 2025; there were 372, 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Étang-sur-Arroux is Centre hospitalier Autun site Parpas, 7.6 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,166/m², comes from 50 sales of houses and apartments in Étang-sur-Arroux from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,166/m² | 50 |
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.
General-bac pupils go 7.7 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Claude Gabriel BouthièreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 41 | 83%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
18% of adults hold a degree, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Under 15: 13% of residents. The age that splits Étang-sur-Arroux in two is 53.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Étang-sur-Arroux | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €24,130 a year per consumption unit, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Étang-sur-Arroux went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Étang-sur-Arroux. Best known first.
Nothing in Étang-sur-Arroux 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 Étang-sur-Arroux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étang-sur-Arroux | 1,750 | — | — | A+ | — | A+ |
| Autun | 13,172 | 8 | A− | A | C+ | B− |
| Le Creusot | 20,509 | 12 | C+ | A | C | C |
| Torcy | 2,678 | 13 | B+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Le Breuil | 3,538 | 14 | A | B+ | A+ | A |
| Blanzy | 5,955 | 15 | A | A | B+ | B+ |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines | 4,235 | 15 | A | A+ | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Étang-sur-Arroux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,166/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Étang-sur-Arroux grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Étang-sur-Arroux is a commune of 1,750 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
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 9, 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.