Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 258 people, lies in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
La Frette isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 17% of homes here are second homes.
The one thing La Frette does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, La Frette counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →La Frette has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Frette.
27% of residents are 65 or over, between Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. Half of La Frette is older than 48, half younger.
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| La Frette | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
2.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 1.7% of working residents in La Frette didn’t travel to work at all. After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,920 a year per consumption unit.
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.
A house rents for an estimated €9.12/m² a month. The market in La Frette: 14 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Frette yet.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
La Frette is a commune of 258 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Frette | 258 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône | 3,214 | 7.4 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Sennecey-le-Grand | 2,895 | 8.6 | A− | B+ | A | C |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud | 6,446 | 8.7 | B | A− | C− | C+ |
| Tournus | 5,701 | 8.9 | B | A− | D− | B− |
| Saint-Marcel | 6,211 | 12 | A | B− | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Rémy | 6,410 | 14 | A− | B− | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 8, 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.