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La TagnièreSaône-et-Loire

The town, home to 209 people, lies in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is La Tagnière a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so La Tagnière has none. Second homes make up 30% of its housing.

What makes La Tagnière stand out

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

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Château de Champignolle
Château de Champignolle · Inscrit · Photo: Bourgeois, ou Phototypie Bourgeois Frères, imp. à Chalon-sur-Saône (Saône-et-Loire). « Collection des Châteaux de Bourgogne » · Public domain
La Tagnière’s story

La Tagnière in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in La Tagnière; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1976.

55% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1976First protected: Château de Champignolle
  • 1996Most recently protected: Château de Bussière
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Tagnière.

Who lives here

La Tagnière has fewer young adults than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 3.9% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, between Saône-et-Loire’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 25% of adults. La Tagnière has a median age of 53 years.

53median age
La TagnièreSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Tagnière
La TagnièreSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–243.9%9.5%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6436%26%26%
65+26%30%22%
No diploma14%25%19%
CAP or BEP30%31%26%
Baccalauréat23%17%18%
Higher education25%22%30%

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

History

La Tagnière keeps more of its old housing than Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 55% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in La Tagnière; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 17th century.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit3
17th c.
oldest protected part
1976
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in La Tagnière walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 4.0%

The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,960 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, La Tagnière counts 0.5 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving74%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in La Tagnière, 0.5 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
22%
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 Tagnière than in Saône-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.27/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 11 homes were sold in La Tagnière.

€8.27/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Tagnière€8.27/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Saône-et-Loire median€9.77/m²
€8.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.53 to €10.48/m² a month)
€6.70/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 Bussière and 5 more in and around La Tagnière

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

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Tagnière

12pages on La Tagnière

Landmarks

The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in La Tagnière; none is classé, France’s top protection.

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Famous people from La Tagnière

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Tagnière yet.

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La Tagnière’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 →
Sanvignes-les-MinesLe CreusotBlanzyTorcyMontceau-les-MinesSaint-VallierSanvignes-les-MinesLe CreusotBlanzyTorcyMontceau-les-MinesSaint-VallierLa Tagnière
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Tagnière209—————
Sanvignes-les-Mines4,2359.8AA+AC+
Le Creusot20,50910C+ACC
Blanzy5,95511AAB+B+
Torcy2,67811B+A−B+A−
Montceau-les-Mines17,06411B−AC−B−
Saint-Vallier8,50812B+AA−C−

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

About La Tagnière

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

La Tagnière is a commune of 209 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
209 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Autunois Morvan
Département
Saône-et-Loire (71)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
13.2 sq mi (34.1 km²)
INSEE code
71531

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 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.