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IgornaySaône-et-Loire

Population 515: a town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Igornay a good place to live?

Igornay isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Igornay’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Igornay’s story

No historic monuments in Igornay

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

The nearest classé monument is Alignements du Camp de la Justice, in Autun, 4.8 mi away.

36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Igornay.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Igornay hold a degree than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 17%

Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.4% of residents, about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and below compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 26% of the population. Igornay has a median age of 50.4.

50.4median age
IgornaySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Igornay
IgornaySaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–249.4%9.5%11%
25–4417%19%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+26%30%22%
No diploma24%25%19%
CAP or BEP37%31%26%
Baccalauréat17%17%18%
Higher education17%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 4.8% of commuters in Igornay go to work without a car, fewer than in both Saône-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns

The jobless rate is 11.9%. Half of residents lived on more than €23,190 a year per consumption unit, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 200 residents in work, Igornay has 50 jobs: 0.3 each.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Igornay, 0.3 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
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 Igornay than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.65/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 26 homes were sold in Igornay.

€7.65/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Igornay€7.65/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€9.77/m²
€7.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.08 to €9.63/m² a month)
€7.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Lally and 3 more in and around Igornay

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Igornay. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Igornay

12pages on Igornay

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Igornay

One notable person was born in Igornay.

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Igornay’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 →
AutunLe CreusotLe BreuilAutunLe CreusotLe BreuilIgornay
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Igornay515—————
Autun13,1727.3A−AC+B−
Le Creusot20,50917C+ACC
Le Breuil3,53817AB+A+A

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

About Igornay

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

Igornay is a commune of 515 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
515 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Autunois Morvan
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
8.4 sq mi (21.7 km²)
INSEE code
71237

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.