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1,233 people call this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability (D−): 61% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B− for jobs & income. The median sale price is €1,582/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe 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 L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe 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.
L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe 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 L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye (ancienne), in Saint-Marcel, 6.3 mi away.
14% 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 L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe.
Median disposable income is €27,120 a year for each consumption unit. Jobs located in L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe: 100, for 600 residents in work (0.2 each). No commute at all: 4.2% of working residents in the town 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.06/m² a month, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€9.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 38 homes in L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,582/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 23% of adults, higher than Saône-et-Loire’s towns (22%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 17% of the population. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Saône-et-Loire live to 85.5 on average and men to 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 57 deaths in L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 65: 13% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe is Ch William Morey Chalon Sur Saone, 8.4 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Nothing in L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe 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 L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe | 1,233 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône | 3,214 | 3.6 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Saint-Marcel | 6,211 | 6 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
| Chalon-sur-Saône | 45,102 | 8.3 | B+ | B+ | C | B |
| Saint-Rémy | 6,410 | 9 | A− | B− | B | B |
| Gergy | 2,566 | 9.1 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Champforgeuil | 2,637 | 9.7 | — | A− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe is a commune of 1,233 people in the Communauté de communes Terres de 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) · 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.