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The median home sells for €1,000/m². The town, home to 692 people, lies in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Issy-l'Évêque falls below the line for grades. Second homes make up nearly a fifth of its housing. The median home sells for €1,000/m². It skews older: 42% of residents are 65 or over.
The 3 things Issy-l'Évêque does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Issy-l'Évêque: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Émile Decoëne-Racouchot, born in 1878, is the one person born in Issy-l'Évêque before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Issy-l'Évêque.
Children under 15 make up 11%, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 42% of the population. A fifth of adults hold a degree.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
| Issy-l'Évêque | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.3% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 42% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Issy-l'Évêque: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Half of residents lived on more than €23,990 a year per consumption unit, near Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Issy-l'Évêque holds 200 jobs; 250 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each. 9.8% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
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.
The median price, €1,000/m², comes from 37 sales of houses and apartments in Issy-l'Évêque from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,000/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Issy-l'Évêque. Best known first.
The list names few of Issy-l'Évêque’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Montrifaud: Photo: Christine Williamson · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Issy-l'Évêque.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issy-l'Évêque | 692 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gueugnon | 6,528 | 8.3 | A+ | A+ | B | B+ |
| Bourbon-Lancy | 4,674 | 12 | A+ | A+ | A | B |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines | 4,235 | 15 | A | A+ | A | C+ |
| Digoin | 7,353 | 15 | B+ | A+ | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Issy-l'Évêque is a commune of 692 people in the Communauté de communes Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme. 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 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.