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La ComelleSaône-et-Loire

248 residents make their home in this town in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is La Comelle a good place to live?

There are no grades for La Comelle: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for just over a third of homes.

What makes La Comelle stand out

The one thing La Comelle does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in La Comelle

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

The nearest classé monument is Oppidum du Mont-Beuvray, également dénommé oppidum de Bibracte (également sur commune de Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, dans la Saône-et-Loire), in Glux-en-Glenne, 4.7 mi away.

57% 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 La Comelle.

Who lives here

A town of families: 21% of people in La Comelle are under 15, more than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, about level with Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and below compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by 40% of adults.

44.7median age
La ComelleSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education40%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Comelle
La ComelleSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1521%15%17%
15–249.4%9.5%11%
25–4420%19%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+25%30%22%
No diploma15%25%19%
CAP or BEP20%31%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education40%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in La Comelle are out of work than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.2%

At the census, 5.5% of commuters got to work without a car. Per resident in work, La Comelle counts 0.4 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €24,480 a year per consumption unit, close to Saône-et-Loire’s towns (€24,330) and below compared French towns (€25,970).

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in La Comelle, 0.4 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
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 La Comelle than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.93/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €6.93/m² a month. The market in La Comelle: 10 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€7.93/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Comelle€7.93/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€9.77/m²
€7.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.07 to €10.36/m² a month)
€6.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Comelle

11pages on La Comelle

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from La Comelle

One notable person was born in La Comelle.

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La Comelle’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 CreusotTorcySanvignes-les-MinesLe BreuilAutunLe CreusotTorcySanvignes-les-MinesLe BreuilLa Comelle
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Comelle248—————
Autun13,17210A−AC+B−
Le Creusot20,50916C+ACC
Torcy2,67817B+A−B+A−
Sanvignes-les-Mines4,23517AA+AC+
Le Breuil3,53818AB+A+A

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

About La Comelle

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

La Comelle is a commune of 248 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
248 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Autunois Morvan
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
8.8 sq mi (22.7 km²)
INSEE code
71142

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.